Re: How does your garden grow 2012 edition
Just a quick update:
We are harvesting:
Romaine lettuce
Radishes
Leaf lettuce
Blooming:
Tomatoes - let's pray the heavy rainfall forecast for the next few days leaves the 'maters alone
Cucumber
Green beans - pole & bush - have to replant as only about half came up. Within a day or two of planting had a gully washer and looks like some of the seeds washed away.
Also have a really nice crop of taties coming along.
Carrots appear to be doing well, too. East Texas shoveled in some sand in the carrot bed so we have our fingers crossed that we will have a better harvest this year.
The bell peppers are looking sad.
I don't know why we continue to plant them. I guess hope springs eternal, right? I think they get too much sun where they are planted.
We've also had some mustard greens and collard greens spring up. These were planted in the fall garden. Also have some tomato volunteers from the compost. East Texas is hoping they are the yellow pineapple tomatoes as he was unable to find any this year.
The Texas Lilac is getting ready to burst into bloom.
The roses are going gang busters.
We planted wild flowers between the rose bushes and they are up and should bloom in the next couple of weeks.
The oleanders are blooming.
The crepe myrtles are leafed out but ours bloom much later - June/July.
So far so good. Just praying we don't have hail tomorrow as they are forecasting. The heavy rain is forecast to stall over us and we could see a "major rain event" but, thankfully, no severe weather - just tons of rain. After the drought last year, the rain is much appreciated.
How is your garden doing?
Edited to add:
The koi and goldfish have been splishing and splashing in the shallows of the pond. Hopefully we should have some babies soon. The mosquito fish have already spawned and the pond is full of baby fish - all you can see are eyes.
The frogs have also been in an amorous mood lately on the pond edges.
Ah Spring!