Sunday, May 24, 2009 - The garden is GROWING!
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Our maple trees have been prolific in raining down their twice yearly loads of helecopter seeds. We spent some time picking them out of our garden, and ripping out a pesky dandelion that had managed to take root.
Here is a before picture of the squares.
That's the West one and here is the East side one
and this is the strawberry planter
The other day we discovered that we needed to water the garden- I know you probably think this is a no brainer- but I thought that if you planted the garden and it rained every few days,
you didn't need to water it.
Our marigolds were drooping and the tomato plant shriveled... nothing was sprouting that we had sown.
I tried to hook up the hose- only to find that it didn't fit well, and got a shower!. So, we improvised.... I had gotten the kids some water squirters They work sort of like a syringe- you pull the inner part back while holding the tube under water, and it sucks up the liquid. Then you can push the plunger back in and shoot water out of it. So we used bowls, and water squirters to soak the 2 Square foot garden beds.
Today we have some sprouts- the pumpkins, beans, and watermelon are showing themselves. |
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