Vegetable & Flower Garden 2010

Well last week I pretty much got the
vegetable garden in the backyard and the flower gardens in the front
yard finished except some spaces purposely left open for future
updates or seasonal vegetation.

I rototilled around the huge artichoke
plant that is now producing like crazy. In the garden on the other
corner in backyard I tilled around the existing sage, thyme, parsley,
chives & strawberries that stayed over the winter.

To compliment my existing herbs I
planted, basil (didn’t last over winter), mint & more chives, &
green onions.

I planted Roma, Big Boy, & Yellow
pear tomato plants. I also planted eggplant, hot jalapeno, Serrano,
banana, red chili & three kinds of bell peppers.

For the root type vegetables I planted
red potatoes, garlic, & red onion.

I also planted watermelon, zucchini
squash, mammoth sunflowers, sweet corn, Swiss chard, collard greens,
and mustard greens. Today I got some celery, cilantro & summer
squash.

I almost forgot I also planted last
week some peas, green beans, black-eyed peas (cow peas), a grape vine
& another blueberry bush.

I still have a raspberry vine &
what I believe is a blueberry plant from last year that survived
the artichoke bush from last year. Reminds me I also planted some
asparagus I hope is out of the way. Last year the asparagus, grapes
raspberries, greens, Swiss chard and other veggies were over run by
the artichoke bush.

Last week I also made repairs and
changes to the drip/watering system.

Today I also pulled up about 5 bags of
weeds from the small corridor between homes I have as well as cut the
grass and edged with the weed eater and pressure washed the patio and
sidewalks in the backyard around the pool. Now I have the pool pumps
going to get the dirt that inadvertently got in the pool from
pressure washing.

All in all it was a long but productive day!

Tomorrow the finishing touches and time
to hall off some trash perhaps. Ah yes I also got some ground cover
flowers to go between my roses up front called “verbien tapien
blue-violet”.

Pictures later perhaps. For now I will
have another martini & watch the pool lights change colors on
this very pleasant night.