After Mrs. F.G.'s incredible work over the past three months growing plants from seed, repotting them when needed, hardening them off in the garage, they are going in the ground. And the plants she has grown, mainly tomatoes, look vigorously healthy. Our garden beyond the planters I'm about to show you mainly consists of perennials - hostas, day lilies, lavender, and such, so today we're talking abut veggies.
One of the first things we had built were these planters around three sides of the deck. In this part, Mrs. F.G. has planted tomatoes, with companion planting of petunias, basil and parsley.
Another portion of those planters has areas planted with lettuce and radish, the latter covered in chicken wire to deter a certain pesky chipmunk!
The next acquisition were circular steel fire rings, but we had to add 18" of wire to keep out those pesky rabbits! Our original soil was entirely heavy clay, so we've stuck with planters for growing all veggies, where we can control the soil mix.
Last year we added this linear planter in which are now more tomatoes. The second photo shows the framework Mrs. F.G. has built to help hole the plants as they grow.
And beside that are two growbags, in this case with pepper plants. Mrs. F.G. has about a dozen growbags scattered around the garden.
And finally, the towers! These are stackable units which will easily rotate, up to six units high. Mrs. F.G. is experimenting with these for both flowers and veggies. There are some dwarf tomato plants and the top level in this one has planted strawberries. We'll let you know the results of this experiment!
oooooh mrs. fg, she is wonderful and please tell her i said so. i am a gardner too and i know how much work this is. i hope she is rewarded with lots of produce and beautiful flowers!! i wanted to get one of those towers but they are so expensive and i was not sure if they had enough growing room!!
ReplyDeleteThe grey grow bags look great, and that tower, what a space saver. I hope those who say " Aren 't you lucky to have your own veges" really appreciate all that work that goes before even seeing leaves and sprouting stems.
ReplyDeleteSo many different ways to grow things. Something for everyone.
ReplyDeleteMrs. F.G. is so knowledgeable and impressive.
ReplyDeleteLots of work here, but so rewarding.
ReplyDeleteThat tower looks quite tall.
All the best Jan
I recall my father hanging the Tomato vines. Everyone sees Bugs Bunny eating Carrots in the cartoons, but they actually like the greens better. Keep the screens in place.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
Nice garden!
ReplyDeleteWrite, what a great plan!! Puts my 3 little grow bags to shame but we all do what we can. I like the looks of the tower, with Mrs. FG's green thumb, it will thrive.
ReplyDeleteGood for her! I always intend to grow vegetables, but I’ve rarely have any luck with them so I tend to avoid. I do have a lot of great flowers though.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that a lot of planning and hard work has gone into your garden boxes!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden! I look forward to its growth!
ReplyDeleteKeeping those rascally rabbits and chipmunks away from the veg is a challenge. It seems Mrs. F.G. is a determined gardener with quite the green thumb. It all looks wonderful - keep us updated!
ReplyDeleteA lot of plants there, Mrs. F.G. has done a good job with getting the plants started.
ReplyDeleteI can see a lot thought, effort, and planning has gone into all of your gardening. It takes a special person to successfully pull all that together and make it all work.
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