Thursday, June 2, 2011

How Does Your Garden Grow

Hiii! I am still alive! I promise!!

I have been on the go the past two weeks and finally have recouped from all the events! Last weekend we took a 4 day mini vacation to the beach with our college friends. I don't have many pics, but I'll tell you about that on my next post.


I know it isn't Tuesday but there has been a lot of action going on in my garden!



This morning (yes, that is my zebra robe and nail polish from Sunday night) I walked outside and saw my spinach looks like it is finally large enough to pick a few leaves! The top photo is from last week! It is growing like crazy!


My cilantro plant is happy as can be. I moved it up towards our house on our outside table so it could cool off. I'm not sure if it likes extreme heat!


My pepper plant before I tore off the leaves at the bottom... you'll see why below.


My strawberry plants! Do you see that strawberry? No bugs got to it! I am moving them up towards the house as well just in case. The dish soap spray must be working!


My roma tomato plants are doing well. I need to trim them up and set up the tomato cage since they are getting tall!


Chance wanted to help me in the garden this morning... Such a little lion!



And last but not least is my cantaloupe plant! It just bloomed it's first flower and sprouted it's first vines! I am so excited! So you see those buds on the leaves? I'm guessing that is my baby cantaloupe getting ready to grow nice and big!!

How many cantaloupes will I get from each vine? (I have two so far)
Depending on the growing area, variety of plant, and the care given, I can expect 3 to 8 fruits from a single vine. Holy moly that is a lot! It takes 75-100 days to fully mature.

Why should I trim the bottom leaves off my tomato and pepper plants?
It prevents disease from the splash up of water. It also promotes growth. My aunt told me if I do this to my tomato plants, I will see larger, healthier plants! It also will help control your tomato plant from going crazy like mine did last year!!

11 comments:

  1. I'm running outside to trim my tomato plants again -- even better than earlier b/c of this GLORIOUS tip! thank you dahhhling! <3 keep em coming!

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  2. No Problem!! Link up your latest post or I'll link it for you! It was so good!

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  3. I wish I had a garden to link up to! Love the garden you have! Chance is SO CUTE!

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  4. Your strawberry is so cute! You garden will be glorious in no time :)

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  5. Aw I love your cute little strawberry plant. I'm glad no bugs got to it! :) And Chance is adorable, your little garden helper haha

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  6. wow your garden looks great... my strawberries are hanging in there so far I havent sprayed them with soap yet but I need to!!

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  7. What a cute little dog! I'm so jealous you have a garden! I live in downtown LA so I don't even have a yard. I do have a dog park on the roof though, just no dog. One day I'll have a garden and I hope it will do as well as yours!

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  8. My basil is doing amazingly, however my other herbs got destroyed in the bad storms we had this week :(
    I'm going to try and replant them and hopefully this time they survive...

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  9. Your garden is looking good!! Love the pic of your pup "helping" out in the garden! Have a fun weekend!

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  10. found your blog through fit, fierce and fabulous! lovee your garden and your puppies, sooo cute! I'll be following :)

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  11. Wow, girl, I'm so impressed with your plants! I dream of having a garden like yours someday! Until then, can I come over and enjoy eating the fresh spinach and strawberries with you? ;-)

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