green, green, green
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I just took this picture of my garden from the second floor window. So much green! aerial view
another community garden
This one is on Walden St, Cambridge, MA. Seems like fairly large plots. An enormous green-eyes Rudbeckia (8 ft!) in the northeast corner. Many flowers: especially black-eyed Susan, zinnias, cosmos, nasturtiums, daylilies. A stick sculpture in the center is an interesting focal point. Several chairs and benches are nice additions. Very happy plants. Sooo hot and humid today you can see the air in some pictures. communitygardening
tomatoes, eggplants and garden chores
Today I caught up on alot of gardening work: Finally planted those colorful annuals I bought on Tuesday, trimmed off alot of seed pods and dead growth from the spring flowering plants, especially the lady’s mantle. I fertilized all the vegetables well with Garden-Tone (4-6-6), adding super phosphate (0-20-0) to the fruiting and flowering plants. A special tomato formula for the tomatoes (4-7-10), plus I added extra phosphate hoping to encourage extra blooming and fruiting. The roses got a special formula too (Rose-tone, 6-6-4). Also I put Sevin on the…
Cambridge community gardens
I went by this community garden yesterday and couldn’t resist stopping for a few pictures. Someone has an impressive crop of lettuce and peppers. Some nice sunflowers. Red bee balm. Squash vines are popular on the fence and have grown well out of the official garden area. (I should have checked for female squash flowers!) Something about community gardens is very pretty. And interesting. Different styles all together. Some plots weedy, some tended. Some in rows, others scattered. A patchwork. communitygardening
yellow summer squash problem
Well, I’m starting to be concerned about my squash. They are very pretty, but no squash. They started blooming July 2. That’s 3 1/2 weeks ago! It seems like along time to wait with no sign of fruits. I did Google the delay and it seems unusual. The female flowers should show up 3-7 days after the males. A delay means the plants are stressed. Oh well. I’m not sure why. One site said low fruiting could be due to nutrient wash-out from excessive rain. We certainly have had excessive…
cucumber biology
My cukes have lots of both male and female flowers. Unlike my squash, I think both came out at the same time. In this set of pictures, the females are on the left and the males on the right. There is even a difference between the two from the top of the flower. Center stuctures are different and petals look different. At the bottom, there is a little bee in a male flower. I hope he goes to the female one soon. garden bees
lettuce
I think lettuce is my most useful crop. We’ve been eating it nearly every dinner for a month now. It tends to bolt, so I plant it thick and just harvest the tallest plants to make room for the smaller ones. I think this variety is called Buttercrunch Bibb. I keep planting more lettuce seeds every few weeks, when I see some spaces where it might fit. I have two nice mixes with endive that I am planting now. I have read that I can keep planting lettuce through August.…
squash flowers
My squash (crookneck yellow summer squash) are flowering well, but still only male flowers. No sign of the females.
northshore vegetable garden
This is the most fantastic home garden I have seen. It is in Essex County, north of Boston (zone 5b). Tucked away in a backyard. Impecably tended. Enormous plants. Incredibly rich soil. From the right end of the garden: blueberries, red raspberries, potatoes, garlic, chard, basil, tomatoes (Big Girl, San Marzano, Brandywine), peppers, squashes, corn, tomatillos and horseradish. The blue tarp covers a pile of salt marsh hay, which has been used to mulch the garden. The tomato plants are 6 ft tall now and heavy with tomatoes – maybe…
pink oriental lily
These lilies have just just come into bloom in my front yard. Almost too much. Deep pink with a light edge, dark spots, orange stamen and heavy fragrance. I think maybe they are called “La Mancha”.
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy
weeks and counting until my last spring frost
My garden this week
Skippy’s vegetable of the month – Egyptian walking onions!
