Purple Allium flower.
This is from a bulb planted last fall in one of my beds along the driveway.
Now on to Starting a garden Post #10. My first harvest!
These radish were planted 6 weeks ago from seed directly into the beds.
We sliced the radishes and added the greens to a salad for lunch. We never ate the greens when I was growing up but they are tasty and kind of spicy like the radishes themselves.
Next up some delicate blueberry blooms.
I am pleasantly surprised with how well the blueberries are doing. I think we will have some blueberries to eat this summer.
Here is a shot of an entire blueberry plant.
We planted five different varieties. I think the mix is intended to produce berries over most of the summer but I will be happy with any berries this first year.
Since last post, we added some straw to help retain moisture.
We also added some pots so we had room for all of our tomato plants. You can see two pots by the fence posts here.
And a couple of more pots here along one of the beds. We found the pots left at the end of a driveway marked "Free" 🙂
We also built three little beds outside the garden for some flower seedlings we didn't have room for in the garden beds.
These are sunflowers and marigolds. We put annuals in these beds. Perenials we put in flower beds closer to the house.
Now that all the seedlings from under the grow lights in the garage are planted. Here are some current shots. The brussel sprouts are doing very well. We planted them a week before the other seedlings.
The sunflowers were some of the largest seedlings and continue growing well.
Some sunflowers are starting to put on flowers. I don't think the ants harm the sunflowers. I think they are looking for nectar and aphids.
Green bean plant transplanted as a seedling.
Cucumber plant also transplanted as a seedling.
Pepper plant that survived transplanting well.
A couple of the larger tomato plants along with some garlic and basil.
That's it for the garden update this week. Thanks for following my posts 🌻🙂
Here are a couple of bonus pics
Local wildflowers currently in bloom and lovely Lake Dunmore waiting for the Memorial Day crowd.
What a beautiful set up you have @steven-patrick 😁
So wonderful to see the beginnings of the garden. 🌱🌱🌱
Can’t wait to move and start my own 😎
Thanks littlebee. Its so exciting to see things starting to grow so fast now that it is warming up outside.
You are welcome @steven-patrick 😁 yes… I could watch it grow hahaha 🌱🌱🌱
Happy grow season ☀️😎
Planting more varieties of blueberries has been proven to improve yield, as it aids in pollinating the flowers better.
Always glad to see a well kept garden showing signs of fertility in Spring.
Thanks for the comments. I got the blueberries from the tree farm I trust. He recommended planting a mix of varieties. I have been blindly following his advice. Good to hear from someone I trust that he is giving smart advice 🙂
Especially with some fruits that come in many different varieties, it really matters to find out which varieties are needed for it pollinate.
Most blueberries fortunately, I think tend to flower close to the same time of year, but not always.
My friend has a tiny one called Jelly Bean that he grows in a container on his porch, and says it self-pollinates well, and his kids love picking fruit off it. I've had one growing in my yard for three years, it is still scrawny, and it has never formed fruit. Ha!
I spent a lot of time studying my fruit trees I planted to figure out pollination but didn't think of it for the blueberries. Hopefully I got lucky with the blueberries. Sounds like maybe your friends blueberry container should come live by your blueberry plant for awhile 🤞
Nice idea. I will have to remember to offer to housesit for him next Spring, when his blueberries flower.
It looks like things are going nicely in your garden.
Thanks 🙂 So far so good. I'm waiting for the first disaster to strike... a hungry deer or bunny, catapillar infestation, who knows but I know you never have everything go right. haha
no disasters, only opportunities...
Yay! 🤗
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You have a lovely and busy garden there! I didn't realize it only takes 6 weeks to harvest radish, I bet it taste so good, they always do when you eat your own home grown produce
Radish are like the starter drug of gardening lol Quick, easy, tasty crop. Makes you want to grow more 🙂
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Gorgeous garden.
am jealous of your space. Can't wait to see how your blueberries turn out. I have tried twice (fairly non-committal i must admit) but never had much luck. A shame since my kids love them and i just about have to remortgage the house to pay for their blueberries. lol
We are in Brisbane Australia with our garden. Its nearly winter. Have just planted some radishes myself. although, we are not big radish eaters so not sure what we will do with them.
thanks for sharing your garden and please keep us well posted!!!
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I think blueberries grow well here in Vermont. We tended a neighbors garden for a bit last summer and had lots of fresh blueberries which was part of our inspiration. Also the tree farm we bought the blueberries from included some sulfur for the soil to make sure it is acidic.
Our space is hard earned 💪 There were two huge downed trees and all the brush that had grown up around them where our garden beds are now. We spent a lot of time clearing the space out last fall.
Thanks for checking out my post 🙂
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