garden surprise
Jun. 15th, 2010 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
averygoodun42So, I doubt you guys remember how, a year and a bit ago, I was talking about climbing the fence and stealing a cutting of the wild rose growing in the swamp behind our yard? Well, it seems I underestimated the thriving nature of that rose. I have two volunteers growing around the grape arbor! (and I have the thorn pricks to prove it)
This doesn't bode well for that poor grapevine, but, well... It's not like I'm ever going to get grapes, it having been planted in the shade as it was.
And really, it is in the wild portion of my garden. That portion is getting very wild and becoming nicer every year in its wildness. The weed-like plant that has pretty yellow blossoms in August is slowly but surely taking over the back fence area. There are volunteer ferns. There are the volunteer roses. I imagine that if I put a couple hostas in there, they would become enormous in no time. However, I'm still keen on putting a shrub in there, like a viburnum or sommat (a single flower Japanese kerria or a clethra alnifolia would be nice). Something that would block the view of the fence... And a wild rose would do just as nicely. And is far cheaper.
However, I'm not actually going to plant anything in there until the association puts in the new fence. Whenever that might be.
In the tamed garden, however, I have put up the chicken wire for the peas to grow up, and it looks like my chard will be ready to harvest when I get back! Yay! I am really looking forward to feasting on that.
It's too bad that brussel sprouts can't be transplanted easily. I planted them waaaaaay too close together and I fear I will have to pull a few of them up when I get back. Either that or fertilize the shit out of them (har har. Actually, they need blood more than manure, the little nitrogen hogs) and hope for the best.
Of course, all this year is experimenting. Next year, for example, I will sow only a few seeds at a time, and sow every two weeks for continuous small harvests rather than one big harvest. I'm kind of improvising on that with my lettuce this year, by thinning out the bigger plants to let the smaller ones grow, but really, I should have thought things out a bit more. Oh well.
Anyway. It was good to get out again and weed. I forget how good it feels to weed the tall grasses out. Prickles aren't nice, but at least there aren't any thistles native to here.
And now I just have to remember to show Geoff the roses, so he knows not to mow them down.
ETA:
Bed #2. Kale in forefront, mustard green in the middle and peas at the back:
The single white chard, which is a little bit bigger than the rest:
The red leaf lettuce:
My special sign for Babe's requested seeds:
A lovely view of the whole, including how messy my backyard is:
Mystery not!weed overtaking everything:
Not sure what this is, but it's also threatening to take over:
And one of the rose volunteers:
More pictures will follow in a separate post. They'll be attempting artsy-fartsiness, hence the separate post.
This doesn't bode well for that poor grapevine, but, well... It's not like I'm ever going to get grapes, it having been planted in the shade as it was.
And really, it is in the wild portion of my garden. That portion is getting very wild and becoming nicer every year in its wildness. The weed-like plant that has pretty yellow blossoms in August is slowly but surely taking over the back fence area. There are volunteer ferns. There are the volunteer roses. I imagine that if I put a couple hostas in there, they would become enormous in no time. However, I'm still keen on putting a shrub in there, like a viburnum or sommat (a single flower Japanese kerria or a clethra alnifolia would be nice). Something that would block the view of the fence... And a wild rose would do just as nicely. And is far cheaper.
However, I'm not actually going to plant anything in there until the association puts in the new fence. Whenever that might be.
In the tamed garden, however, I have put up the chicken wire for the peas to grow up, and it looks like my chard will be ready to harvest when I get back! Yay! I am really looking forward to feasting on that.
It's too bad that brussel sprouts can't be transplanted easily. I planted them waaaaaay too close together and I fear I will have to pull a few of them up when I get back. Either that or fertilize the shit out of them (har har. Actually, they need blood more than manure, the little nitrogen hogs) and hope for the best.
Of course, all this year is experimenting. Next year, for example, I will sow only a few seeds at a time, and sow every two weeks for continuous small harvests rather than one big harvest. I'm kind of improvising on that with my lettuce this year, by thinning out the bigger plants to let the smaller ones grow, but really, I should have thought things out a bit more. Oh well.
Anyway. It was good to get out again and weed. I forget how good it feels to weed the tall grasses out. Prickles aren't nice, but at least there aren't any thistles native to here.
And now I just have to remember to show Geoff the roses, so he knows not to mow them down.
ETA:
Bed #2. Kale in forefront, mustard green in the middle and peas at the back:
The single white chard, which is a little bit bigger than the rest:
The red leaf lettuce:
My special sign for Babe's requested seeds:
A lovely view of the whole, including how messy my backyard is:
Mystery not!weed overtaking everything:
Not sure what this is, but it's also threatening to take over:
And one of the rose volunteers:
More pictures will follow in a separate post. They'll be attempting artsy-fartsiness, hence the separate post.
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