But that was all last season. This weekend, I went through and cleared all the old plants that were not working. I left the pole green beans, the eggplants and the sweet peppers. They have all done pretty well for me and the plants still look good. I also left the marigolds that look good. The ones that were leaning over and ugly, I pulled.
Everything looks so much neater. There are no ugly plants
in there now. It makes me happier. And gives me hope for
my new planting season.
I have had really good success with my herbs this year. I have a small plot of land in the front that is mainly sandy, and the herbs have LOVED it. I have German Thyme, Common Thyme, Lemon Balm, Lime Basil, and St. John's Wort.
This is the Common Thyme planted from
seed. The plants are still really small, but they
love life in that sandy bed.
Lemon Balm is the plant in the middle. If you look really
closely at the very small plant to the lower right, that is
Lime Basil. I am growing it from seed and it seems happy.
German Thyme (from pots from Lowe's.) I am loving this stuff.
It grows well and tastes great in my cooking.
My second Lemon Balm plant, with a Zinnia smashed
right up against it to the right of it. I love the Lemon
Balm. The scent just makes me happy and it tastes great
in hot tea.
I found out about Lemon Balm by visiting our local Botanical Gardens. They had an entire herb garden, featuring things that grow well in South Alabama. I passed the Lemon Balm, and when I brushed it I got the aroma of lemon. I was in love. I had to have one. My husband bought me one on one of his trips to Lowe's. I have already divided it, because the first place I planted it was right under a gusher off the roof, and the Lemon Balm wasn't too happy about that much water. I really hope to have enough of it to have Lemon Balm tea in the winter. (It dries nicely.)
I have planted some broccoli seeds. They are starting to look pretty nice. I will transplant them to my square foot garden within a week.
The little pot on the left is Mammoth Dill my middle
daughter wanted to plant. It's growing nicely.
The pyrex dish is the broccoli. It looks very healthy and
has ALMOST got its second set of leaves.
So that is what is going on in our garden. How does your garden grow?
Looks like you have been busy. If it makes you feel any better, my tomato plants have not done much either. I have heard if it is over 90 degrees for extended periods the blooms will just fall off. I am hoping my plants will last through fall and maybe give me something worth harvesting.
ReplyDeleteI have been busy, but it makes me feel better to look at the garden now.
ReplyDeleteI think there were a combination of negative factors that messed up the tomatoes this year. We had a very cold spring, all the way to May, and tomatoes don't do well in that environment. Then it was a terrible drought, which just fried the leaves. Then the garden was attacked by whiteflies, which did a great deal of damage to the tomato plants. And the heat.
I really like tomatoes. I have been pondering whether to try them again next year. My eggplants did much better than the tomatoes. I don't have to decide right now though.
I am looking forward to planting broccoli and fall snap peas. I am happy about a new season.
The weather is starting to feel new, too. It still gets hot during the day, but the mornings have a new crispness in them. It is nice.