gardening
First tomato of (hopefully) many
Today we spotted the first tomato on one of our plants. There are more flowers on both of our plants and we hope they will continue to produce.
Another rose in the backyard garden
Rainy day but a pretty rose.
Tomatoes hopefully on the way
One of two store bought plants we planted. Maybe we’ll get some good tomatoes š š š
Roses opened
A couple of days ago we posted a picture of two buds. Today they both opened and showed off their color.
The saga of the beans
Time to harvest the first green beans from Roadtirement’s garden!
Pickin’ and grinin’
Pretty good batch
The first round of green beans were finally ready to be picked. We had watched the plants sprout from seed. We kept track as the plants grew and the little yellow flowers bloomed. And then one day Yes! There they were! The first of the cute little bean pods emerged from the plants! We checked each day, sometimes twice a day. As the pods grew in size we knew this day was coming: (Drum roll) Time to pick!
OK, that’s overly dramatic. It was, however,Ā gratifying to get a colander full of our own green beans. From the way the plants look, we will be able to harvest again soon.
Continued coverage of Roadtirement’s garden
Well, here we go with another photographic journey into Roadtirement’s garden progress.
Tomato July 9th
Tomato, July 14th
The tomato in the second picture (the 14th) is almost twice the size it was on the 9th. The position of the camera was different. I’m not the best getting good before and now comparison shots.
Quick, look over here
Well, I guess you don’t have to look quickly at all. But have a look at our Roadtirement green beans and lettuce.
Green beans
Lettuce
With the COVID-19 shutdowns, stay at home orders and our desire to not catch this virus, Sher and I and our son decided that this year we’dĀ try growing some different vegetables in our garden plot. We also increased the size of our garden. So far we have harvested lettuce three times for use on sandwiches. Yummy! And as you can see, the green beans have put on flowers and getting ready for the beans to grow.
So close to bloom
We have been watching this Asiatic Lily closely. We planted this last year when it was in bloom, and the growth this season has been impressive.
They say a watched pot never boils. The same idea fits flowers. We have been checking, sometimes twice a day. Yep, seems like a watched Asiatic Lily never blooms, but we’re getting close.
Progress continues on the flower garden
The past few days have been very productive in Roadtirement’s garden and landscape project list.Ā The primary task list included preparation for, and placing of a mulch base for the flower garden. Our son did most of this work.
A progression of progress
We still have a bit of mulch left to place. It will go around the old tree stump where Sher currently has a grouping of herbs. This stump may also end up as a Fairy Village.
Unfinished mulch job and placement of herbs on the stump
Close up view of one of the glacial rocks we collected for the garden
A better look at the “getting close to finished” project
In addition, Maj planted more trees that we got from the DNR. Our total tally ended up with two Black Cherry trees and three Tulip trees. We thought we only had two Tulip saplings,Ā when in fact we had three in the bundle.
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