Yes, I am a blog slacker.

Corn and my dear Lady dog.




Teeny tiny crookneck squash.

Birdhouse gourd vine.

Something screwy happened with these pics when I uploaded them, sorry...



Ok, Ok, I know that I never update this poor blog. I promise I do think of it, but I never get around to sitting still and just updating this damned thing.

For a while I was a little worried (ok, really, really worried) that the garden was not going to make it. After having so much trouble keeping the garden hydrated, I decided to plant in "beds" rather than rows. Well, for some strange reason, we have had an abundance of rain at times when we normally don't get drenching rains, so my garden remained flooded for nearly 3 straight weeks. This really harmed the growth of much of my veggies; with my peppers and tomatoes being damaged the most. Peppers do not like cold feet and they are all really stunted now.

Anyhow, it was very distressing and I've spent countless hours in the yard trying to figure and maneuver things so my plants wouldn't get stuck in the bog...

Things are looking up now and we are back to fairly dry MS weather. The plants are all going nuts (finally). Of course, my squash are already heavily infested with squash vine borers (check out the pic and info I posted last year about this time, just click on the link to the side of this post). But I tried to interplant a lot more than last year and that has helped to (so far) keep the other infestations at a minimum.

I have also had tremendous luck with flowers this year. I grew many things from seeds and some that were already bulbs in the ground. The yard is so beautiful, too bad its always so darn hot outside.

Anyhow, I will attach some pics of all the growth and beautiful stuff.

Happy New Year!...Spring 2008

Ok, so its not a new year, but as everything is waking up for the spring, I feel like this new birth needs a better description than just "spring".

Sorry to the 4 people who read this blog regularly for such a long absence and no new posts. Winter sucks and I just don't want to think about much of anything. I try to wile the time away reading, knitting/crocheting and just hibernating in general.

So, for this new year of planting, I have some neat new things to share. Last year's garden was about 25 feet x 10-12 feet. This year, I am going nuts and have planted about 75 feet x 10-12 feet. Yep, I know that's a large leap, but I kept wishing for more space last year and, ironically, now that I have more space, I want EVEN MORE space. I guess I'll just fill up any space no matter how big or small.

I am going to try to work on a schematic of the garden this year to post, but in the meantime, I have some pictures to add and I'll stick the list of things up as well.




















This is a nice pic of Daisy's bum. Also you can see the herb garden.



Great pic of my established herb garden. The far right is bee balm (used for tea), there are tons of onions, and in the back some spearmint, thyme (in bloom) and lavander.



This is last years parsley (its perennial). Its nearly five foot high. Awesome!



Onion, thyme and clover. Ah, so pretty.