The Garden has flourished

I think I have a handle on how to get my slideshows into my blog. I will put the one for April here and then move it to the side when I want to add another slideshow at the end of April.

We have really been working hard to get the garden in top notch shape so we can enjoy and share the fruits of our labors with family and friends. I still have some empty squares but those are saved to do sequential planting of crops so everything doesn't come ripe at the same time. For instance I have four squares of baby carrots in different stages of growth.

The tomato vines have been loaded with blossoms and now lots of fruit has been set (have 15 plants). I've counted about 75 tomatoes in various stages so far. The strawberries are ripening at a rapid rate and we pick a few every day. I put a 3" collar around each plant (cut from plastic cartons) to hold the berries up off the ground to avoid rotting the berries when I water, also makes them easier to pick

All the trees planted last month seem to be thriving and many of the blossoms are still on the citrus . The bird feeders are now back out and we've seen several birds that haven't been around for awhile (a white winged dove and a ringed neck turtle dove, and also a yellow finch). Because we have so many birds around they have gone after some of the small seedlings, in particular, the onions and corn spears. It was the last straw when they pulled up a small asparagus spear. We have covered the beds with bird netting where we have PVC domes and Tom has built me several open frames (2x2 ft by 6" and 1x2ft by 6" and 12") which I have covered with bird netting. They are light weight and easy to move around to new areas where little seedlings are trying to survive.

Tom is in the process of adding automatic sprinkling or soaker hoses to the beds, and a drip system to all the trees. Since it rained hard last night and more today, we won't have to use them for a few days.

Garden through the end of March

I've moved the slide shows to the side so you can see them anytime. There are six so far.
1. A Walk thru my garden
2. Potatoes growing
3. Asparagus growing
4. Removed useless tree
5. New orchard
6. Adding color to my garden
Click on any photo and it takes you to my Picasa site where you can read a description of each slide show and view an enlarged slide show or just run your mouse over each photo to read the captions. Enjoy
I'll be adding a new slideshow of my garden which is pictures taken since 1 April 2009

MARCH WAS A BUSY MONTH

I finally learned how to add a slide show to my blog. To see the captions for each photo and read the description of each album, DOUBLE CLICK on any photo of the slideshow and then CLICK on VIEW ALL. Run the mouse over each photo to read the whole caption.