July Garden Update

The garden is slowly coming along, even though I had to replant some of the vegetables.


The upper potato plot is doing well, with large plants, and (hopefully) some tasty yukon gold spuds developing below ground. They haven't bloomed yet, but it shouldn't be too long before we see some blooms form.


While not as tall, the plants in the lower potato plot are also doing well.  We hilled twice with soil, and once with grass clippings.  Probably won't hill them again.  This plot gets a little less sun than the upper plot.


The middle vegetable plot had to be replanted.  Only the lettuce and a few beets came up strong the first time - - I planted too deep.  Lesson learned, these plants are now behind timeline but starting to put on some growth.  Onion, beets, carrots, peas, cucumbers and some corn (to form a barrier between the plot and the moose trail). We already harvested the lettuce, though it will grow back. It did very well, and has made for some tasty salads and sandwiches.


This is a new plot that I just planted a couple of weeks ago.  I tilled up an area offset from the back foundation, near our big rhubarb plant, and put in my leftover corn, peas, cucumbers and beets, and added some tomato plants. Late planting, so they won't likely make much if any at all, but I was curious to see if the warm sun on the back of the house might spur some growth in the tomatoes (the small plants in the middle row in the pic). Lesson here is that even our warmest spot isn't warm enough for tomatoes to be grown from seed outside, and we will have to start them indoors next Spring.


Jolene added some nice color to the front flower bed.


And a half-barrel of flowers.






The wildflowers I seeded earlier in the year are doing well. The above 3 photos are portions that are blooming now, as they fade other types will bloom to keep the wildflower plots colorful through the Fall.


Of course, our favorite remains the naturally occurring fireweed all over the property, which serves as a good calendar throughout Summer by the progression of its blooms up the top of the stem.


Jolene and Grayson returned from Bible Camp today, and the warm sunny weather provided a good break, with a view.  Landon goes to Bible Camp next week.


Float planes are out in force...fly-in fishing trips must be doing well.