I occasionally get questions on how the garden is growing. An illustration below is a close-up of a Zucchini harvested today (Sept 4, 20220).
Zucchini
To get a better idea of the size, here is the same picture with a scale.
Foot Long Zucchini
This is the largest of several more that are growing, so I am searching the web for pickling & canning recipes. I had planned to wait until I moved into the new house to start canning, but the Zucchini may drive me to start sooner.
As long as I was in the garden, here is an overview of how things are:
Zucchini bush taking over the planter.Potato planter
Potatoes in the planter have been growing like gangbusters. the ones in buckets not so much.
Corn & Potatoes on the Left
The corn started off fine but seems to have stalled. (Maybe leaving for three-weeks in July wasn’t the best idea.) The tops are dying off while the one or two small ears of corn are just sitting there.
Corn
The house continues apace. A quick tour, I estimate that it’s about 85% done with drywalling. See the tour below.
Back bedroom.Office/Back BedroomLooking towards Living Room from kitchen
The right side of the above is back side of wallboard, the left side is unfinished wall behind kitchen.
Kitchen & Living RoomMaster Bedroom & BathThe garage (and fireproof door into the house.
Today is Sunday and I decided to do some overdue gardening. One of the primary things was to much. One of the things that the former owner left me was 60-80 bales of hay, on the upper meadow behind the house. I have pulled a couple down and split them apart giving me lots of hay. Here is what I am caring for, in order of seniority.
Christmas Cactus
First up is the Christmas Cactus. This was by the front door of the first house Lindsay and I bought on Aries Drive in Mira Mesa in 1978. We took a cutting and it has survived ever since.
Generic House Pant c. 2003
When we moved into the Promenade at Bethany Village, in 2003, the realtor left us a wonderful flower arrangement. Over the next week the flowers all died, but some miscellaneous greenery started to root, so I transplanted it and next year will be its 20th birthday.
Springtime trees.
The 6 apple and 2 pear trees made it through the winter successfully. I need to re-trench around them, mulch around them and re-erect the fencing around them to protect them from the wildlife.
Mulched PotatoesMoar Mulched Potatoes
The bucket potatoes have finally emerged, so I mulched them as well. After they grow some more, I will top 3 of them off with more soil to see if I can get better yield. The other three I will just continue to top off with straw and see what happens.
Row Potatoes
These were some of the leftover potato sprouts that I planted in rows. Since they were planted just under the surface, they sprouted sooner than the bucket potatoes.
Corn, mulched
There is about 12 or so corn plants. By tradition they should be knee-high by the Fourth of July, but I remain skeptical
NewPlants.
From left to right, we have a Blueberry bush, a Key Lime tree, and 3 thorn-less Blackberry vines. I’ve got them temporarily planted in some 1-gallon planters the trees came in until I decide where I want to plant them. The Key Lime tree (for the gin & tonics of course) will probably go in a large planter that can be brought indoors in the winter.
After the house is built, I will start a larger garden up behind the house where I plan a circular driveway, more trees & large pole barn, but that will be next year’s project.
