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2015_Day 234: Saturday snapshots 


A few random photos on this late August Saturday — Wanda the wandering pumpkin stretches out more each day, plus marigolds and zinnias whose flower power remains strong through the dog days of summer. Continue reading

2015_Day 226: Surviving the heat


While we humans may not be too keen on the heat streak of late, it seems the 100-degree temps are OK with some of the vegetation in my backyard. Continue reading

2015_Day 218: Heat won’t stop pumpkins, zinnias

 
While the hope of fall tomatoes seems to be edging closer to a nightmare, I’m really happy that the zinnias and pumpkins are faring well. Continue reading

2015_Day 207: Making room for pumpkins

Three pumpkin plants now share a raised bed with several green pepper plants and a few marigolds.

Three pumpkin plants now share a raised bed with several green pepper plants and a few marigolds.


I’m not used to pulling dried-out tomato plants out of the garden until September or even October, but three that were well past their prime got the boot today to make room for several pumpkins. I had intended to be out in the garden by 7:30 or 8 a.m. to beat the hot sun (forecast high was 97), but as usually happens on a Sunday morning, I was feeling a bit lazy. I finally got to work a little after 9 a.m., and the sun, she already was a wee bit warm. Continue reading

2015_Day 203: Peppers and pumpkins, oh yeah

A little green pepper.

A little green pepper.

It’s itty-bitty, but there’s finally a green pepper on one of my pepper plants. Actually, it looks like there are several, although only one really looks like a pepper. I first saw flowers on the plants last week, four months after they were planted. Then I saw the flowers in the dirt a day or two after that, and I’ve never planted peppers before, so I didn’t know if that was good or bad. Continue reading

2015_Day 197: Pumpkins get a new home

Room to breathe!

Room to breathe!


It felt like a good day to repot the pumpkins today, and since it’s just going to get hotter this weekend, I found a few containers, a bag of dirt, a trowel and a can of water. And the pumpkins, of course. Continue reading

2015_Day 196: Seedlings continue to grow

The good news is that a few more lettuce seeds have sprouted despite temps in the 90s and a lot of heat. The bad news is that it’s been 10 days since I planted all the seeds, and the pumpkins (below, center) desperately need repotting into bigger pots. No time for that tonight. Let’s hope tomorrow is better.

  

2015_Day 194: Pumpkins in need of repotting

Day 8, 6:45 p.m.: Pumpkins are growing like crazy.

Day 8, 6:45 p.m.: Pumpkins are growing like crazy.


If the pumpkins keep growing so fast, I’m going to need to repot them in the next few days. I planted pumpkin seeds on July 5, along with tomatoes, lettuce and zinnias. Everything but the lettuce is growing pretty well, although I did notice another one or two peat pellets had lettuce sprouting from it today. Continue reading

2015_Day 186: Prep work underway for fall garden

It seems weird planting seeds for a fall crop. I love Texas!

It seems weird planting seeds for a fall crop. I love Texas!

When I planted my tomatoes back in March, I figured they’d be toast by early July. But they’re doing pretty good thanks to a cooler spring and early summer. There still are a lot of flowers on the bushes, not to mention fruit, so I’m hoping that they’ll keep producing for another couple weeks, despite little rain and upper 90s in the forecast. And, because one of gardening bibles (it’s okay to have more than one, right?), “Month-by-Month Gardening in Texas,” told me to, I planted seeds for a fall crop today, too. Continue reading

2015_Day 156: When in Wisconsin…


Since I’m in Wisconsin, I thought I’d repost a few of my favorite photos from gardens past. Continue reading