Anyway, most everything I planted early on became stunted and didn't really do too well including potatoes, onions, beans, some peppers, etc., etc. Subsequent plantings went into raised beds to combat the water problem. There again my first raised beds weren't great but they're getting better thanks to Ed Smith's "The Vegetable Gardener's Bible". Well worth the investment for any gardener.
Anyway, some pictures:
Big weekend coming up. I'm ready with my compost & more dirt.
Labor Day weekend on the way. Five day weekend for me. The garden is being expanded for next year and I'm ready with more dirt (I need to buy dirt because mine is so bad) and my mushroom compost. The dirt is 70% topsoil, 20% compost and 10% sand purchased from Pine Creek in Freidensburg.
My compost bin made from skids. To the immediate right is a raised bed planted with broccoli for fall.
Also take notice to the two skylights behind the bin, they're for coldframes being built over labor day. They were also free.
In these two pictures you can see the raised bed with my homemade trellis full of morning glories, cucumbers and freshly planted sugar snap peas for fall. In the background is my raised bed ready for garlic planting in Oct.
One last picture. I thought this was neat. Closeup of my sunflower being attacked by bees.
So, that's my garden and the start of my garden blog. Please feel free to comment and give me advice, I'm not a master gardener. Stay tuned for more as I plan to build a greenhouse, more raised beds and next year raise chickens. I will be canning and preserving next year as well.
Email anytime to: pggardener@comcast.net
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