Garden Coming Along Slow

So this is my first garden. Things are coming along slowly but that's ok. I'm learning what I might want to plant and not plant in the future. Currently, I have corn which seems to be doing well (only time will tell). My melons haven't done much other than bloom some pretty flowers. Last week, I harvested four green beans and one tomato. I currently have two tomatoes on my tomato plant. One is about half of it's final size and the other is super small. I just noticed it yesterday. Today, I harvested one small red bell pepper. Daren's going to try it tonight.

I have photos that I'll post at a later time.

Backyard Flowerbeds

With all this vegetable gardening and watching my mother-in-law's backyard get landscaped. I decided it was time to do ours. We have had it marked off for a couple of years, so all I needed to do was put plants in it. We need to still put in mulch but here's what I have done.

One corner complete.

The other corner. The pink Hibiscus it right next to the pot of annuals.

Another view.

Nandina

Dwarf Ruellia

Aztec Grass

Majestic Sage

Texas Betony

Week 7

Update: I have decided to pull up my cucumber because they were just looking horrible. I also pulled up my jalapenos because they just weren't doing well this year. So in there place, I decided to plant some corn from kernels. Well after only being in the ground for 5 days or so; they have begun to sprout! Here it is. I have five of these.

Week 5

I'm not really sure whats going on with some of my plants. Since last weekend, my cucumbers have begun to look horrible and my pole beans haven't been looking good either! I'm still in the process of trying to figure out what's going on with them and how to remediate the problems. I'll keep you posted.
Top row: cucumbers, marigolds, pole beans
Bottom row: pumpkin, empty, watermelon, strawberries.

Top row: pole beans, jalapeno, red bell pepper, oregano

Bottom row: cantaloupe, jalapeno, red bell pepper, marigold.

Pot: tomato

Bud on my Lime Tree

Two tomatoes; a big one and a baby one.

Red bell pepper continues to get bigger.

Pole beans sprouting from seeds.

Week 4

Here I am in week 4 of gardening. Over the last two weeks, I have planted more pole beans from seeds, planted oregano and bought a lime tree. My pole beans have begun to sprout, I noticed this morning. I'm very excited to see how they do. I decided to pull out my cauliflower and broussels sprouts because they are winter vegetables. Also, cross-stripped cabbage moths had invaded my cauliflower. Here are some updated photos.

My new lime tree!

My tomato is growing larger and larger. This plant also has another tomato beginning to form!

Blooms on my cucumber plant!

Future Red Bell Pepper

First Green Bean Sighting

If you look really close, just below the white flower bud you can see a tinny, tiny green bean.

In this picture there are three in the middle of the photo. They have the left over yellow flowers on the ends of them. They are hard to see.

Fresh Salad

I decided it was time to take the lettus out of the garden and make a fresh salad for our dinner. It was very tasty and I can't wait until winter when I can plant more.

The lettus took up two squares in my garden, so I decided to plant marigolds in one square and brussels sprouts in the other. However, when I got home I learned that brussels sprouts are a winter vegetable. That's ok, I'm just going to see what happens. I may get fruit and I may not. Either way, I'll try planting them in my winter garden along with the lettus.

Week 2

Things seem to be going well in my garden. Vegetables have only been planted in the ground about two weeks and I'm beginning to see blooms on some of them. I am even beginning to see some fruits. Here are some of the photos I took yesterday:



Green Beans have some white blooms.

Pumpkins

Cantaloupe

Jalapeno

Tomato

Photos taken on April 11th

Loaded a 1/2 yard of Pro-mix for the garden. It was definitely hard work unloading all this soil into the drive way.

Garden completed and ready for vegetables.

Completed vegetable garden.














Cucumbers, marigolds, pole beans, pumpkin, cantaloupe, watermelon, and strawberries.

Jalapenos, red bell peppers, tomato, cauliflower, and lettus.

Welcome to Woodall's Gardening

I am starting this blog to journal about my vegetable gardening experiences and to gain knowledge from those of you who read/comment on my post. I will try to post weekly updates on my garden and photos to go with it.

I started gardening last year in pots with jalapenos, cilantro, flat-leaf parsley and strawberries. They all worked out so well that I decided this year I would try an above ground garden. My garden is 8'x2'x10". I currently have planted in it: lettus (butter crunch), cauliflower, strawberries, watermelon (black diamonds), cantaloupe, pumpkin, cucumber, pole beans (green beans), marigolds, jalapenos, and red bell peppers. I have tomatoes (carnival), cilantro and flat-leaf parsley all growing in pots. I will post some photos shortly.

Thank you for taking the time to read my entries and any useful comments are welcome.