Garden Time #2

See if you can find the three tiny zucchini!

Japanese Eggplant flower

It's amazing what a month of growing can do. Looking back at pictures from the first garden post I'm quite amazed (and pleased) with the amount of growth taking place in our little garden. Much of that can be attributed to our substantial rainfall over the past month combined with the warm Spring temperatures.

The Italian zucchini, for one, is growing very fast... It already has 3 tiny zucchini eagerly awaiting their pollination time. The Japanese eggplant has put out one large gorgeous purple flower and has well over a dozen more getting ready to pop. The tomato plants are really on the move about now with the most ambitious Sun Gold plant reaching nearly 4 feet in height with several clusters of yellow flowers. Even the pepper plants which prefer the hot heat of summer are getting in on the action sending out a few tall, tender branches. Enjoy the pictures!

Garden after one month

Garden Time

Here's our little backyard garden for Spring/Summer/Fall(?) 2009. It's nothing extraordinary (we just don't have the space), but hopefully it will provide more than a few summer treats for us. We tried a garden last year but after our tomato plants had a run-in with our lawn service's broad leaf weed spray, they decided to stop growing. 2, 4-D isn't friendly. So, garden #2 is up and running!

I ordered our vegetable plants from Tasteful Garden again this year. They are based out of Heflin, Alabama. They are a small family, but they are doing big business lately - good for them. They also have lots of great heirloom plants to choose from. This year I'm growing...

Tomatoes:
Sun Gold
Carmello
Black Pear

Peppers:
Chile de Arbol
Carmen Pepper

Vegetables:
Japanese Eggplant
Italian Zucchini

Herbs:
Stevia
Lemon Varigated Thyme
German Thyme
Basil
Tarragon