A Brand New Garden (Week 9)

The corn is now taller than me (6 ft) and the tassles are in full bloom. This corn is making me look like I know how to grow a garden.

The Zucchini is out of control. We ended up sending 6 zucchini's through the food processor for zucchini bread. Now we have several bags of it in our freezer. 

The tomato plants themselves are growing super well, but the tomatoes haven't really taken off yet. I would assume they grow really well in the next few weeks. The broccoli and cauliflower haven't done anything yet. Similar to the tomatoes the plants are huge, but haven't given any produce yet. 

The sod is still somewhat green. The area closest to the shed door is not getting enough water, needing more hand watering. 

A Brand New Garden (Week 7)

Hello blog world. I know you were all on the edge of your
seats waiting for the update of week 6. Unfortunately for
all of you I was on vacation. Hopefully for all of you, you
had something else to keep yourselves busy.

The corn is looking great. I've thinned the stocks to one
per spot. However I'm realizing that I shouldn't have
planted all of them at the same time, because now I'm going
to have corn coming out my ears in August/September.






The peas ripened at exactly the wrong time, while we were on vacation. They are now over ripe and are ready to be removed.
The beans are a mystery to me. They were replanted two weeks ago and they really aren't growing. What's their problem?!







The two zucchini plants have done great. We've already picked two of them and can't wait to eat them. I found out that the plant that I thought was squash, was actually something that had been spread throughout our garden by the previous owner. Apparently when the mature, they are good looking flowers over 7 feet tall. Whoops, I thought it was a weed and I pulled it out.

So as of right now, we have either a cucumber or a squash growing, but not both.







The tomatoes are growing like weeds, so much that they are taking over the peppers.
The cauliflower and broccoli plants are looking good, but I don't see vegetables growing yet. Stay tuned.








Last but not least, our little sod patch is still alive, but as you can see it didn't like the week vacation. And no, I'm not going to put in sprinklers for it...yet. So, it will continue to be hand water supplemented.

A brand new Garden (Week 5)

Hello blog world. It's been a while since the last post
and there has been a lot that has happened.
I got married to the beautifully charming Julie Trump.
We bought a house in Centerville and are continuing the
gardening ways.

It's now week 5 (sorry, I was delayed in posting
updated pictures). After planting the corn about five
weeks ago I figured it was time to fertilize. I used a
12-6-6 combination to get some nitrogen back into
the soil after last year.
Once again we're using Serendipity corn seeds, which
gives the 'candy corn' look. I know you can't wait to
taste it.

This is my poor attempt to plant green beans. Julie was putting plenty of seeds in the ground, I thought it was too many. This is the result of Shawn's style...no beans grew! Good work Shawn. They have since been replanted and hopefully are growing back.

This is supposed to be zucchini, cucumber, and squash. It looks like the zucchini is growing well...as usual. The cucumber looks fine, and I can't tell if the squash plant is actually a weed that looks like squash or if it's really squash. I need the KSL Green House Show to enlighten me on this one. I know...rookie gardener.

We heard that you're supposed put tomatoes in different locations from the previous year, we're rebels however and put them in the exact same place. I hope they grow!

We also put in broccoli, cauliflower, and peppers right next to the tomatoes. All of them have been hit and miss in previous years, here's hoping for a banner year.

We just put in 800 square feet of sod in our backyard. In the process we had a few strips leftover. What do we do with it? Hmmm...let's put it by the shed! So, now we have this small section of sod bordering the garden and next to the shed. It's so tempting to put in sprinklers and fill in the entire area next to the shed...stay tuned...it might happen in an upcoming blog post. The tension is too much!

Week 10

Look at that corn! Once again the extensions for the sprinklers could not have been a better idea. Without them the garden would definitely be struggling.

This week I picked a bowl full of the cherry tomatoes. Two words...fantastic! Ooops, that was one word, but you get the point.

The peas are finally done giving their best and have been pulled out of the ground.

Week 9 (July 30)

After a week in Star Valley with the family, I came back to the garden looking like this! Terry Boyle watered it while I was in Wyoming and it appears as though he did an excellent job.

The extensions for the sprinklers were a very good idea, because as you can see they are nearly covered by the corn.

Today I also fertilized again with an organic fertilizer called Blood Food. Apparently it's high in nitrogen.

Week 8

The tomatoes are looking good and there are a couple ripe cherry tomatoes. The peas have nearly given their last harvest and will need to be pulled out of the ground this week or next.

As you may notice the corn is getting taller (that's what happens when things grow), and the sprinklers were completely covered thus not allowing the sprayage (is that a word?) to go anywhere. So we had to extend the sprinkler poles Redneck style. Yep, that's duct tape you see. Dad and I attached another 2x2 to the end, making it another 2-3 feet taller!

Besides the corn, everything seems to be growing quite well. I "hilled" the potatoes this week and found that I probably put them too close together. Oh well, they should still work.

Week 7

The corn is thriving. The tomatoes are 5 times the size of Mom and Dad's garden, haha...the power of sunshine!
The peas taste awesome, even though I was a little confused by the looks of the Sugar Snap peas. It looks like each pea was vacuum packed into the pod.

This week's pictures were taken by my weak camera phone (no offense Scott) so they may be a little grainy.

PS This Thursday night I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. However during the middle of the movie I remembered that I had left the water turned on. Yep, needless to say it got about 7 hours of water. Oooops!