As it gets close to time to plant, life is appearing all over in my garden. The grass is starting to turn green, and plants are springing to life. Rather than talking about it, I thought I would post some pictures of what can be seen around my back yard right now.
This Bradford Pear became a fatality in my yard--it was threatening to shade my garden so it had to go.
Leaves are emerging on the Black Spanish grapes I planted a couple weeks ago. I discovered that it can be very hard to prune a plant after you start seeing the leaves appear.
These are the late emergers of my Butte Potatoes.
Most of my potatoes are getting fairly large. I will be mounding soil around them once the rest emerge.
I just finished shaping my garden yesterday and laid the necessary drip irrigation. My grapes and compost are in the back corner, while my potatoes are visible in the front.
The seedlings that have been tucked away in my pantry are now getting their first tastes of the outdoors.
A look at one of the Arapaho blackberries I put in last week.
Closeup of the blackberry leaves.
I found a head of garlic in the compost bin, and planted them in a nearby row. It looks like I will be growing garlic this year!
These two rows are about 40 feet long, and will be primarily planted with green bush beans. Beans have been one of our must successful garden items here, and are easy to store, so we will be planting lots to try to stock up.
Everything looks really good. That's a nice sized garden!
ReplyDeleteYou really have expanded the size of your garden since we visited. You are probably the only Texan to remove a shade tree. Will it be moved somewhere else in the yard? Are Bradford pears edible - as in another item you could grow and preserve?
ReplyDeleteThey are really a street tree--they just kind of get a dense oval on top--not a good sprawling shade tree. Ours wasn't doing well, and they have a relatively short life. And they are not edible...they just have tiny fruit. Our Chinese Pistache in the back yard is growing quite well, although it didn't make it into my pictures. It will show up when it buds out for the spring.
ReplyDeleteSo getting rid of the tree wasn't really much of a sacrifice - no shade, no fruit, no tree!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I really wanted the Pistache (No, it does not grow pistachios!), and then I got suckered into the Bradford Pear as well, since it was something like $20. Then I learned what a worthless tree it is. When it was planted we didn't have a garden at all yet. Now I am trying to pretty much just plant things that produce food of some sort.
ReplyDelete