#zone 7a

[jerseygreenwitch]

A few years ago I planted this grape vine.

This is the first time I’m getting any sort of fruit from it and every time I come outside there’s more baby grapes. Unfortunately, I don’t remember which vine this is.

[retoxx]

does anyone know what this is? the leaves are pointy and there appeared to be thorns on the stem. it was growing in a garden and i've never seen it before

[photosynthes-is]

Spring has sprung! 🌱🌸

[chasingvoidmonsters]

I did the damn thing. All on my own. 💪

Long post below lol

By which I mean I lugged a 50 lbs bag of soil out of the shed and spread it to top off one section of the beds, and then bought and lugged around six 25 lbs bags and spread them as well.

Then I carried all of my seed starters from the front of the house to the back and nestled them in to maintain moisture at the bottoms, not sure how much it'll help but whatever.

Then I planted the 2 tomatoes and 4 (!! Eek, they only had 4 packs so I might cull it down to 1 or 2 later in the season) cayenne peppers from the dreaded Home Depot, and a bunch of marigolds!

I might have 2 more successful tomato plants, a cucumber, a zucchini, and two flowers from my seed starts. I didn't have the space to start them indoors so I left them outside for the last 5 weeks or so. :/ Listen, it's been a stressful couple of months.

But man oh man do I feel satisfied and accomplished! Doing this all on my own. The last few weeks have been rough and even tho I might not be here in a few weeks to enjoy any of these veg, it's been good and fun for me. Moving out of this house this soon definitely wasn't in my plans... breaking up wasn't either but here we are... for now.

I might do some shade tolerant bulbs elsewhere in the yard tomorrow... not sure if I'll put them in the new flower bed or if I'll put them in the bald part of the yard behind the garden. If I'm here next year, I def want to take down some limbs from the sassafrass tree that covers the back yard. Just enough to let more light in during summer.

[troutlilycreek]

working at a plant nursery is as dreamy as it sounds

[meadefamilyfarm]

Summer Planting for Fall Harvest

Summer Planting for Fall Harvest

This summer’s garden has gone amazingly well. I’ve had my first major harvest on 06/27/18. This leaves plenty of time for a second planting before my first expected frost date of October 14th. From past experience. I know I can bank on september, I’m not so sure I’ll plan to harvest summer planting in october, except for maybe my pumpkins or some lettuce. I want to plan from now until september…

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[meadefamilyfarm]

May Garden Update

Boy was May an amazing month for the garden. We had lots of rain here in Virginia. I think the old addage “April showers bring May flowers” was postponed by a month.

Here are my details, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower.

My corn and beans are growing quickly:

And my cucumber and tomato plants are a respectable size. I think the tomatoes especially could do with some shade cloth though.

I’m…

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[meadefamilyfarm]

Beginning Planting

Yesterday I was able to begin planting in my new garden space. Here’s the section I have done for my first planting. I planted mixed onions, potatoes, jersey sweet potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage. It’s so satisfying to see this space start to take shape. It was beginning to get dark by the time we were done. My middle child and I had a lot of fun digging around in the dirt together.…

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