Garden Pictures - May

[dalthauser]

Butternut Squash


Mints in the toilet (yummy)


Cucumber in the foreground - getting ready to start vining.


Believe it or not - this is my lavender (remember when I built the bed and the 4 plants were so tiny? haha)


Foreground Bush Beans, then Tomatoes, in the back Sunflowers


Blackberries! - I've lost track of how many gallons I've harvested - unbelievable this year!




Chickens having a Siesta under the Sego Palms


I had two Pluots on my tree this year.  I guess the baby male Plum tree came through his first year.

Comments

[time-on-fire.livejournal.com]

Wow! Its all so nice and neat and productive... I'm jealous! If it weren't 90 degrees out, I'd go weed my garden to keep up with the friends list.

[mybeautifulwars]

We're having to cut a ton of our mint down (or lose it -- Cliff has to spray our foundation for ants and I'm not using mint that is possibly sprayed) so I tracked down and have tweeked what has now become the oh my goodness best fresh mint ice cream we've ever tasted. We're totally spoiled now and cant bare to even look at any in the stores! If you need a recipe to use up a lot of mint (about 10 big stalks per batch) I'll be posting it on our website soon ;-)

And do you know if there is much difference between wild blackberries and the blackberries people buy/plant? We have a ton of wild blackberries and we're considering seeing if there is a way we can dig up a few of the good plants and put them in better "harvesting" locations. Right now the majority of them cover ditch banks, invade flower beds and grow around our woodpile by the barn.

Can I get Scotty to beam up Texas and put it next to Eastern NC so we can be neighbors? :-p haha

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

I imagine wild blackberries taste better (the wild stuff usually does); however, the yields are probably smaller (mother nature isn't greedy like commercial growers are). A big plus is that they are native - so they natually know how to live in the climate and fight off local diseases/pests. Any wild stuff you give TLC will probably do better than on it's own too.

Yes, I would totally try that mind ice cream recipe!

I would definitely not be upset to be relocated to North Carolina so we could be neighbors!

[sahlah.livejournal.com]

To add to your blackberry discussion - perhaps you may be referring to the Native Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus). They are native to the Pacific NW, but I wonder if you are coastal enough to have them? Here is a link: http://botany.suite101.com/article.cfm/northwest_edible_wild_berries

The monster canes with large berries are likely the Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus discolor).

[walksbeauty.livejournal.com]

Fabulous! It looks amazing! I am inspired... I am JUST now readying for tomorrow to plant out tomatoes, squash, melons, cukes. It's been a slow-coming spring here. The rain is coming in sheets now so I am thankful!!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

The rain makes such a huge difference down here. Nothing can replace it. I hope that you post pictures of your garden progress this year!

[sahlah.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I'm researching Comfrey as a natural fertilizer and mulch. Any experience with Comfrey?

Love the girls under the palm... very exotic.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of it (as a fertilizer) - I just googled it though - interesting. Keep me posted on how you work with it. I may experiment with it in the future - I definitely have space for a patch.

Your thumb is quite green this year

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

I didn't know butternut sqaush grew on a vine?

I may not "plant" my old toilet.

Great garden you have going.

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

Wow, your garden is looking so good! And neat, as time_on_fire said :) it's exciting to see your butternut squashes growing.

Love your chickens :)

[madamealexis.livejournal.com]

Your garden is amazing!

[k2rider78.livejournal.com]

I love your garden.

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

Great pics everything looks healthy :)