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Local Foods: Organic Deck Garden update (7-23-06) - before and afters

July 23rd, 2006 · 4 Comments

Here is the latest update on our organic deck garden here in central Massachusetts. You may remember that this all got a very late start but we do what we can!

For those of you not familiar with earlier posts about this garden, here is a list of them:

Local foods - Organic deck garden 2006

Hail-recovery and happy sunshine

Why do I not just plant in the ground? I have Rambo rodentia and rabbits who would eat everything up in a flash if I gardened in the ground (I have been there once before, I don’t need that aggravation).

Deck garden at the beginning (6-8-06):

new-garden - Our deck garden

Deck garden today (7-23-06):

Deck Garden 7-22-06

Successional Lettuce planting then:

lettuce plot 7

Successional Lettuce planting now:

successional lettuce - 1

successional lettuce - 2

buttercrunch bibb - close

buttercrunch leaf - drops

Corn transplanted from the lettuce bed to the side of the house:

mounds with transplanted corn, close up

Corn, beans, cucumbers, squash, etc today:

corn 7-23-06

corn 7-23-06 2

Tomato then:

garden-3

Tomatoes now:

tomato 7-23-06

Big Tomato 7-23-06

cherry tomatoes

Radishes then:

new-garden radishes

Radishes now (ready to pick):

Radishes, ready 7-22-06

Carrots in the beginning:

new-garden - thumbelina carrots

Carrots now:

carrots 7-23-06

Eggplant then:

new-garden eggplants

Eggplants now:

eggplant 7-23-06

Bell Pepper then:

garden-4

Bell Pepper now:

bell pepper - nice shape

bell pepper and bloom - mini

Pole beans then:

new-garden pole beans

Pole beans now:

Pole Beans 7-22-06

Jalapenos then:

new-garden - Jalapenos

Jalapenos now:

jalapenos at last

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4 comments for this entry ↓

  • 1 BxCapricorn // Jul 23, 2006 at 7:05 pm

    I thoroughly enjoyed the tour of your garden, since I had one of my own before moving to Las Vegas last year. I had forgotten what “wet earth” smelled like and the feeling of anticipation of a harvest. Most of all I miss my basil plants, and the home made pesto.

  • 2 nika // Jul 23, 2006 at 8:46 pm

    bx: i am glad you enjoyed it! Sorry that things are not garden-friendly in your new home! Maybe you can do some hydroponic basil inside? I LOVE fresh picked basil!

  • 3 keiko // Jul 24, 2006 at 8:31 am

    Nika, everything looks SO fresh! I’d be extremely happy if I had a veg garden like yours, even though I scream (and run away) every time I find worms!

  • 4 nika // Jul 24, 2006 at 9:04 am

    Keiko: LOL! I got this image of a grown person screaming and running away :-) I have never seen an earthworm in these pots (I would not mind that tho, they keep the soil loose) but I have seen these little tiny white ones that gross me out big time. I just have to wash the lettuce ALOT and try not to think too much about it.

    When I grew beets in the ground not only did we have chipmunks we also had grubs, those are 10Xs worse than worms! yuck!

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