Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

March 14, 2010

It was a very long, cold winter this year. But finally it's safe to plant the spring garden. This year I get to use the great planters my husband built last year. There will still be plants in pots of course.



Gerber daisies for color.


Seeded some basil.


Herbs: thyme, oregano, mint and cilantro.


Our Meyer lemon tree is bursting with buds and flowers!

I bought these from students from a jr. high charter school that has an "edible classroom" - a garden the children plant and maintain.


These are all new varieties for me: Garden Peach, Prue and Yellow Plum.

Bell peppers (bought transplants)
Pepper were in a four pack so the extra goes in a pot.


Hops. Very challenging to grow. My husband is a home brewer and this is his experiment.

May 28, 2009


The finished planter!

Tomatoes have been producing steadily. About a handful a day.



Hops bud or "cone"


Greg took out the 3 other containers with hops. They never grew and the roots rotted. Not sure why. I did discover Twin cat sleeping on top of one of them, which probably didn't help.


New growth and blooms on the cucumbers.





Coriander seeds.


The aloe plant has off shoots. So I dug them up and transplanted them.


Starting from seed: sunflowers, zinnias, cherry tomatoes and marigolds.