How Does My Garden Grow?

Actually, it's growing rather well at the moment. I have to say I am very pleased with how much I have learned since I began my vegetable gardens two summers ago. This year is my biggest garden yet and everything is thriving at present.

Last weekend marked the end of frost in these parts. I finally planted all remaining plants and I have to say it's looking pretty good.



I made a nice path through my larger garden, something which I had neglected to do last year. I also overcrowded my plants last year. I am not convinced I didn't overcrowd again this year but I am on limited space and... well it's hard to be a gardener and limit yourself!



On the smaller patch is my radishes and onions. On the opposite side of the path is my "pickle bed" or cucumber patch. I have tomato plants lining the entire outside of the garden. I am using the tomato cages as a deer and neighbourhood dog deterrent. There is one bubbly puppy that lives a few houses down who bounds toward me or the kids every time he is out the same time we are. All the produce that the deer like to munch on are quite close to the house so I am hoping they will not risk getting so close and eating my broccoli and peas again this year.

The farthest raised bed has corn, cantaloupe and my left over onion starters. I read that corn pollinates through the wind so they should be planted in a bunch, not in a straight row. I am really hoping they go well, but I would not be heart broken if they don't grow since corn is so cheap just down the road. I am hoping I can train the cantaloupe down the hill. I used sheep manure (compost) in the beds, and I added peat moss to the bed by the house and the main garden, especially around the tomatoes.

I still have pumpkins to plant in the compost pile and too be honest I am more excited about that experiment then any other I have tried this year.