Shameless brag

[Blue-EyedLady]

Last year my garden was a handful of rubbermaid totes with dirt in them. We moved in May, so I planted my garden, then moved it to the new house. I think I transplanted things like 3 times, too. :doh Needless to say, the garden was not exactly a huge success. :lol

So, I'm rather proud of this year's garden (understandably, I think). Yes, it's mostly squash (the starts were free), but hey, we eat squash, and it freezes, too.

Wide angle shot of the whole garden:
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/DSCN2451.jpg
Purple basil that I nursed back from being completely eaten:
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/DSCN2443.jpg
Cucumbers (more free starts because they were too old):
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/DSCN2444.jpg
Squash flowers (tried to get all artsy-fartsy with them, but the bees were swarming me):
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/th_DSCN2449.jpg (http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/?action=view&current=DSCN2449.jpg) http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/th_DSCN2450.jpg (http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/?action=view&current=DSCN2450.jpg) http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/th_DSCN2448.jpg (http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/?action=view&current=DSCN2448.jpg)
Some tomatoes (forgot to get a shot of all of them :doh):
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/DSCN2455.jpg
Grapes!
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/DSCN2458.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/Blue-EyedLady/gardenbackyard/DSCN2459.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[Domina]

:jawdrop I am so impressed! I would LOVE to get there someday, but plants hate me.

[BlessedBlue]

You totally need to do some greek food with those massive grape leaves! ;)

Love the garden. :heart

[Macky]

Ditto BlessedBlue... gorgeous grapes! They look like they need some fertilizer (dark veins), but other than that... wow! :)

[Blue-EyedLady]

Ditto BlessedBlue... gorgeous grapes! They look like they need some fertilizer (dark veins), but other than that... wow! :)

The grapes are a "legacy" planting. Meaning that they were already well established when we bought the house. I did prune them some this year, though not enough. There were defunct flower beds below them that were just covered in weeds and stones, so my mom and I cleared that out. I hope to prune some more next winter and actually fertilize now that I can get to them. :tu They do have some sunburned grapes, but considering how little effort I've put into the project, I'm ok with that! :lol

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:jawdrop I am so impressed! I would LOVE to get there someday, but plants hate me.

It's mostly squash - I planted nearly 50 poorly-looking squash starts. They didn't all make it. :no Now I've got 8 squash sitting on the counter right now waiting for me to do something about them. ;)

You totally need to do some greek food with those massive grape leaves! ;)

Love the garden. :heart

Yeah, I keep thinking about that, but not actually looking up recipes. :doh

BTW - Mom says I'm turning into my Dad. The cucumbers are vining cukes, but I didn't put a trellis up because I didn't know if they'd actually grow. That, and getting out to a store wasn't easy at the time I was planting b/c of the new baby and all. So I'm using pruned grape vines and broken cement blocks to "build" a trellis for the cukes to climb. Hey - it was free material, right? Next year I'll do something proper. ;)

[Niphredil]

:heart:heart:heart That is what my dream garden would look like. I love it!

[BlessedBlue]

BTW - Mom says I'm turning into my Dad. The cucumbers are vining cukes, but I didn't put a trellis up because I didn't know if they'd actually grow. That, and getting out to a store wasn't easy at the time I was planting b/c of the new baby and all. So I'm using pruned grape vines and broken cement blocks to "build" a trellis for the cukes to climb. Hey - it was free material, right? Next year I'll do something proper. ;)

Yep, turning into Dad. :yes The only thing you're lacking is a pair of tinsnips and some scrap vinyl siding to use while cobbling together some invention... ;)

[TuneMyHeart]

Beautiful! :heart I'm jealous!

you might want to be glad that you don't have to harvest squash from 50 plants! that would be a lot of squash. :giggle

[Auroras mom]

That looks fantastic!

[Blue-EyedLady]

Yep, turning into Dad. :yes The only thing you're lacking is a pair of tinsnips and some scrap vinyl siding to use while cobbling together some invention... ;)

Does it help that I'm using the viny tendril thingies from the grapes and the cukes in place of string to tie the pieces of lattice together? :shifty

[BlessedBlue]

Nope. :snooty That's just becoming like me. Dad would have used leftover twine from the lumberyard. :p

[Blue-EyedLady]

:lol

[PDX Mommy]

Love the grapes!