Photo Walk Through My Garden June 4, 2011

Wow What a week it has been in the garden. Lets see how all the plants have grown this week

 Green Beans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at those beans they are getting bigger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purple Tomatoes, this plant is looking better starting to fill out a little

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banana Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bell Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broccoli I tried to get pictures of the new broccoli heads but they are too small and the camera wouldn’t focus on them. Maybe next week

 

 

 

 

 

Italian Tomatoes, These are doing real well, I am hoping next week to have some tomatoes on them. There were lots of blooms this week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blueberries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cucumbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at those little baby cucumbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Glories, These are really climbing up the carport

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Glories, Some flowers started peeking out this week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look what poked its head out this week a corn husk is forming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini Bell Pepper Plant these are really starting to take off too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregano. They are much happier now in the bigger container

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mound #1 Pumpkins. 4 of the 5 seeds planted have come up. I can’t believe how big they are I just planted the seeds last week, they broke through on Thursday

 

 

 

 

 

Mound #2 Pumpkins Only 3 of the 5 seeds have come up

 

 

 

 

 

 

I only added one new thing to the Garden this week

Moss Rose

Moss Rose is a plant that flowers where it’s hot and dry. This annual’s flowers – bright reds, oranges, yellows, purples and pinks – glow atop green, succulent leaves. Moss rose grows 4- to 8-inches tall and spreads up to 2 feet, making it a great groundcover.

 

 

 

 

Well check back each week to see how these plants are doing and what I have added new to the garden

Photo Walk Through My Garden May 29, 2011

This has been a busy week in the garden see how the plants are doing

Green Beans

Finally had to stake them they were getting too heavy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is why they are heavy they are loaded with beans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian Tomatoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purple Tomatoes

Not sure about these. I know I planted them a week after the others but they just don’t seem to be getting bushy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bell Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banana Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broccoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Silver Corn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cucumbers really took off this week. Look at that yellow bloom peeking out. There are a lot more under there as well

 

 

 

 

 

Chives a little thinner this week cut some to add to biscuits I was making

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregano

Going to re-pot them to a bigger pot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blueberry Bush

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berries are getting darker

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini Bell Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Glories really took off, can’t wait for the flowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New to the garden this week

Sweet Basil waiting to be planted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shasta Daisies

Seeds planted last week starting to srpout

 

 

 

 

 

I also planted a bunch of seeds be watching for new growth from

• Pumpkins
• Sunflowers
• Pixie Tomatoes
• Garlic Chives
• Kentucky Pole Beans
• Lavender
• Cat Nip

Photo Walk Through My Garden May 22, 2011

Here are how the plants are doing this week

Green Beans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look we have blooms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian Tomatoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purple Tomatoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bell Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banana Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broccoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Corn

 

 

 

 

Cucumber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blueberry Bush

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting to get some color on those berries

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregano

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Glories

Here they go up the trellis

 

 

 

 

 

Dill

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forgot to get the Mini Bells this week

New to the garden this week

Chives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check back next week to see how these plants are doing and what is new

Photos Walk Through My Garden May 15, 2011

Here are how the plants from last week are doing

Green Beans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian Tomatoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bell Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banana Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broccoli

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Corn

 

 

 

 

 

Blueberry Bush

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Glories

 

 

 

 

 

 

New to the Garden this week

Purple Tomatoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cucumbers

Actually added last week forgot to photograph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregano

 

 

 

 

 

Dill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini Bell Peppers

Seeds planted a few weeks ago finally came up

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check back next week to see how these are doing and what I have added new

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Walk Through My Summer Garden May 8, 2011

Here are how the plants from last week are doing

Green Beans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bell Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banana Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broccoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Corn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry I forgot the Morning Glories

Here is what I planted this week

Italian Tomatoes good for sauces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blueberry Bush

(Cultivated at the Clemson Campus Bought it at the Farmers Market)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at those Blueberries

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check back next week to see how these plants are doing and what I have added

 

Photo Walk Through My Summer Garden May 1, 2011

Each week I will be posting photos from my Garden

Green Beans

Bell Peppers

Banana Peppers

Broccoli

Silver Corn

Morning Glories.

(These weren’t planted this morning, they were planted as seeds a couple of weeks ago)

Check back each week and see how these plants are doing as well as what new plants I have added to the garden

Project 52 Wk 11 Darks & Lights

I really had a hard time with this weeks theme, I was considering doing something else until my roommate and I drove to the top of Paris mountain last night. I just had my simple point and shoot camera but I wanted to try and get a shot as it was beautiful. I didn’t get a clear picture but I really like this one of all the different colored lights.

 

Bored Dogs

I am going to be going back to work in an office. My dogs have gotten used to me being home all day and stopping what I was working on to play with them several times a day. Now they are going to be on their own for at least 8hrs a day. Bandit has done this before. But Baxter has never real known what it is like to stay home all day 5 days a week without me there to play with him.

So I have created a poll what do you give your dog to keep him occupied while you are gone to work

Unknown facts about Johnny Appleseed

Today is the day we honor Johnny Appleseed born John Chapman. The stories tells us he was a man that wondered the countryside spreading apple seeds.

Actually he planted nurseries instead of orchards. He would build fences around them to protect the orchards from the farm animals. He would leave the nurseries in the care of a neighbor, who would sell shares of the trees.  Johnny would come back every couple of years to tend to the nurseries.

Johnny would have the neighbors who were acting as managers of the nurseries to sell the trees on credit, but he would accept cornmeal, cash and used clothing in a barter trade.

Johnny did wear old clothes, because he would barter his new clothes. But contrary to popular belief he did not wear pots on his head or torn rags, even though he would go barefoot in the summer to save leather.

The reason he spent time wandering the countryside is because he was a missionary for The New church. He would tell stories to the children and spread the gospel to the adults.

Johnny was also a lover of animals. This is just one example of his kindness towards animals, When he heard a horse was to be put down, he bought the horse, bought a few grassy acres nearby, and turned the horse out to recover. When it did, he gave the horse to someone needy, exacting a promise to treat the horse humanely.

Why Day Light Savings Time?

 

Last night at choir practice we started discussing Day Light Savings time as we realized this weekend we would be losing a valuable hour of sleep. The question kept coming up, what is the point and who and why did it start. So after a little research here is what I found.

In 1784 Benjamin Franklin wrote in an essay that adjusting the clocks in the spring would be a good way to save on candles. But it actually wasn’t put in effect in the US until 1918 but was quickly changed back a year later. Then during World War II Day Light Savings Time was put back into practice to conserve energy. This time it lasted until 1945.

In 1966 the United States officially adopted the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which stated Daylight Savings Time to begin on the last Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday in October. In 2005 The Energy Policy Act brought about yet another change so the now observed dates for Day Light Savings Time begin at 2 a.m on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November.

Day Light Savings Time is not mandatory and two states Arizona and Hawaii  have opted to not participate.