STORM2K

Warm weather has taken over most of the continental U.S.
We've got tomatoes, okra, onions, purple-hull peas, yellow
squash and cucumbers coming up! What's in YOUR garden?

breeze, I only grow flowers. My Iris just finished blooming. My dahlias are in bloom and so are my azalias. I've just finished a new oriental garden in my back yard so I'm having fun with that.

Oh, Karan - what's in that oriental garden? I'll
bet it's just lovely! Did you add the gazing pool?

Nope, no gazing pool. It's big enough for a little water feature but I haven't gotten one yet. I have several ornamental cyprus that look like bonsai, elephant ears, shasta daisies, hybrid tea roses, foxglove, tree peony, hydrangea, delphinium and some ornament grasses. I can't wait to see it at Summer's end. It's right off my patio so it's pretty cool just to go out there and relax. Keeps me out of trouble. lol Hey I dug the sod out by hand so you know how anal I am!!!!!!!

Karan, that garden sounds so lovely! Do send
a pic of your oriental garden, please!

We had to re-sow the okra, and, one row of
purple hull peas. Looks like they're coming up,
much better, this time! (*Fingers crossed...)

Ok, sit down for my list:

tomatoes -- 5 varieties
Peppers -- 8 varieties
Okra
Onions -- 2 varieties
Garlic -- 2 varieties
Lettuce -- 3 varieties
Spinach
Squash -- 1 variety, needing to start 3 more
Pumpkins
Beets
Radishes -- 2 varieties
Corn
String Beans

I think that is it.

Hey Breeze, are purple hull peas like regular peas??? Why did you have to re-seed?

Wow, stormraiser, you really got it goin' ON!!
Hey - I've got a whole pack of Zuchinni squash,
unopened, 25 seeds, if you want them - I ordered
them from Gurney's, and, it's one of several things
that we didn't have any more room for. Just give
me a yell, if you need them!

Karan, we had a week and a half of rain, every
day, after sowing the seeds, and, the water
seemed to just pool in that
one row of peas (the other row came up ok)!
Purple-hull peas are very similar to black-eyed
peas, except, they're much tastier when cooked
fresh from the garden!

No veggies for me either. I've just added to my flower gardens more perenials such as;

Shasta Daisy
Catmint
Coral Bells
Spotted Nettle
Astilbe


I've also started to plant some annuals;

Marigolds
Geraniums
Lobelia
Impatiens
Wax Begonias

I also added another rose bush. I have most of my mulching completed, but I'll finish that up this weekend.

Thanks Annette. I only do heirlooms and seeds that I have saved myself. I try to avoid hybrids and GMO's. And I have 5 packs of Zuchini myself still to plant

And I forgot my Nasturtiums, catnip, basil, 3 kinds of mints, borage, sage, and a few other herbs

You're welcome, Anthony!

I almost did herbs, but, I decided to wait until
next year, so that I can actually plan out the
herb garden in the spot where they will grow
best.

Steph, what colors of Astilbe did you plant?
I've been eyeing a gorgeous pink one in one
of my gardening catalogs!

WELL.....I've got EVERYONE beat, I've got "WEEDS" growing in MINE! NO! Not THAT kinda WEED either "LOL!"

Let's see, tomatoes (Early Girls x6, Cherry x6, Yellow Pear x4, Grape tomatoes x6)

Broccoli
Green Cabbage
Brussels Sprouts
Kalrabi
Zucchini
Yellow Crook Neck Squash

Dennis

Oh, Dennis, I'll trade you some okra for some
of your brussel sprouts! Puh-leeeeze???

(I LOVE brussel sprouts!)

You gotta DEAL! You KNOW I love Okra PLUS Brussels Sprouts. I've got 18 Brussels Sprouts planted, that should produce enough for BOTH of us! Funny, not too many like Brussels, Michelle cant' STAND 'em, that's a GOOD thing, MORE FOR ME!

Dennis

Annette - the astilbe are white. They are in the far back corner of my backyard which gets a glampse of sunlight for maybe an hour or two. I'm looking forward to seeing them bloom. I bought them in the fall last year. I also have planted there coral bells, spotted dead nettle, some kind of evergreen tree that likes part sun and two rhododendrons. I also have a plastic flower pots that I planted light pink impatiens.

Steph, those white astilbes are beautiful, and,
will compliment the coral bells and other
flowers! I may break down and order the pink
astilbe, next year, space permitting, of course...

Dang, Dennis - you surely have enough brussel
sprouts for us both! Darn! - throw some
butter on 'em, and, we're in hog heaven!!

OK...NOW what's growing in your Garden?

Weeds

LOL @ Chad! Now, you KNOW you can't
eat weeds! Better get out the Ortho
Weed-B-Gone!

I just accidentally bought a new container of it
at Lowe's...meant to get Ortho BUG-B-Gone!
Now...who's bright idea was it to make the containers
look almost identical, anyway? Don't they know that
I'm in TOO much of a hurry to READ the labels?

Annette - there's ALWAYS MORE ROOM for another plant!!