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):
Deck garden today (7-23-06):
Successional Lettuce planting then:
Successional Lettuce planting now:
Corn transplanted from the lettuce bed to the side of the house:
Corn, beans, cucumbers, squash, etc today:
Tomato then:
Tomatoes now:
Radishes then:
Radishes now (ready to pick):
Carrots in the beginning:
Carrots now:
Eggplant then:
Eggplants now:
Bell Pepper then:
Bell Pepper now:
Pole beans then:
Pole beans now:
Jalapenos then:
Jalapenos now:
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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