What's in your Garden?

[Katrina]

Oh, OK. I've just never seen it around our house before, especially not there... it's something that digs shade....

My father said "It could be corn!"

I was about to say that it looks like corn. Lol.

 

[Val]

After several frustrating hours with GIMP, I made some Before/After shots for my blog. I may as well share them here too!
The front garden:

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And the back yard:

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Closeup of lupine:

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I don't have any photos of the garden plot yet. Will add some later!

Wow! Good job!

 

[Chryssie]

We have harvested a couple of the larger tomatoes and they are awesome. The bell peppers are finally growing and are a good size; we will pick them when they ripen up some.

 

[Val]

Part of our trophy which i've expropriated:
They are small but very sweet.

 

[Katrina]

The rhubarb plant that has doubled in size already. So long as it keeps growing like this, I should be able to harvest some next spring!

 

[KLS52]

My plants look awful. Something is wrong. Even my flowers are dying. I’ll post some pictures in case anyone has any ideas. I’m thinking it’s the soil but not sure why all of a sudden nothing will grow.

 

[Val]

My plants look awful. Something is wrong. Even my flowers are dying. I’ll post some pictures in case anyone has any ideas. I’m thinking it’s the soil but not sure why all of a sudden nothing will grow.

Have you been checking your soil for pests contamination? We do have many types of pests, and some of them are real disaster, but some seem to be immortal and invincible. Like Click beetles' wireworms. They are living mostly in potato roots, but also in other roots, and they eat the roots fiercely and kill the plants. Maybe this is your case?-
Click beetle - Wikipedia
"There are about 9300 known species worldwide,[3] and 965 valid species in North America."

 

[KLS52]

Dianthus

 

[KLS52]

Lavender

 

[KLS52]

Salvia

 

[KLS52]

Verbena

 

[KLS52]

Tomato

 

[KLS52]

 

[KLS52]

Pathetic. Everything.

 

[KLS52]

All I have are my baskets. They’re doing well, at least.

 

[KLS52]

I discovered these scary monsters this evening.

 

[Blues]

Pathetic. Everything.

Don't know whats going on KLS, maybe the wood chips were pressure treated with a preservative to resist decay and have started to leach out.

 

[Val]

View attachment 14342 View attachment 14343 All I have are my baskets. They’re doing well, at least.

Beautiful... And the surroundings are stunning as well.

 

[KLS52]

Don't know whats going on KLS, maybe the wood chips were pressure treated with a preservative to resist decay and have started to leach out.

It’s interesting you say that. I was wondering if that was a possibility. But knowing people put wood chips in their gardens, why would they treat the chips with chemicals?

 

[Chryssie]

Our "big" tomato plant is not doing well; it is not producing tomatoes anymore it seems. But the small tomato plant is still going and has grown to reach through the patio ceiling. The peppers are doing ok too. The heat is brutal though and I don't know how long they will continue to thrive. Some of the flowers are dead or dying too. The hibiscus that looked dead after the cold (I trimmed it back) has recovered and is looking pretty good again though no flowers yet.