Captain's Log: June 2014

Sunday, June 15, 2014

SHAMY Garden Status - 2014-06-15

Here's the latest state of our SHAMY Garden as of June 15th...

The "Lappins" Cherry Tree

The "Stella" Cherry Tree

The "Stark Gold" Cherry Tree

The "Priscilla" Apple Tree

The "Empire" Apple Tree

The "Honey Crisp" Apple Tree

The "Olympic Giant" Asian Pear Tree

The "Honeysweet" Pear Tree

The #1 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #2 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #3 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #4 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

Garden Bed #1 - Tomato, Onion & Carrot... tomatoes are almost outgrowing their stakes!

Garden Bed #1 - As an indicator how tall the tomatoes are getting... my daughter Jill (my garden helper) with the tomato bed in the background.

Garden Bed #2 - The lettuce removed, and the bed resown with Spinach, Lettuce and herbs.

Garden Bed #3 - Broccoli

Garden Bed #4 - Tomato, Onion, Carrot

Garden Bed #5 - Potatoes - you can see the beginning of the fall over collapse in the middle of the bed. This is normal for potatoes, but happened a little sooner than expected in our beds due to the looseness of our soil.

Garden Bed #5 - Potato plants with a happy little farmer.

Garden Bed #6 - Corn & Soy Beans

Garden Bed #6 - Corn is taller than Jill!

Garden Bed #7 - Corn & Beans... after three weeks' growth, the beans are still outpacing the corn. We've added the second chain link trellis.

Blueberry Container #1 - Sweetheart

Blueberry Container #2 - Blueray

Blueberry Container #3 - Chandler

Blueberry Container #4 - Sweetheart... leaves turning brown again.

Blueberry Container #5 - Blueray

Blueberry Container #6 - Chandler

The "Mars" Grapevine #1

The "Mars" Grapevine #2

The "Mars" Grapevine #3

Black Raspberry Bush #1... still no sign of life.

Black Raspberry Bush #2... it's leaves has now completely died off.

Black Raspberry Bush #3

Black Raspberry Bush #4

The Asparagus Bed... very happy plants!

The Strawberry Bed... harvest continues...

The "Pope John Paul II" Rose Bush

The "Wild Blue Yonder" Rose Bush... multiple blooms!

The "Wild Blue Yonder" Rose Bush... unique wide open blooms.

The "Mister Lincoln" Rose Bush... the rose bloom was short lived.

The "Margaret Merrill" Rose Bush... Identified the pest as Aphids.

The "Sweet Afton" Rose Bush

The "Wenlock" Rose Bush

Sunday, June 8, 2014

SHAMY Garden Status - 2014-06-08

Here's the latest state of our SHAMY Garden as of June 8th...

The "Lappins" Cherry Tree

The "Stella" Cherry Tree

The "Stark Gold" Cherry Tree

The "Priscilla" Apple Tree

The "Empire" Apple Tree

The "Honey Crisp" Apple Tree

The "Olympic Giant" Asian Pear Tree

The "Honeysweet" Pear Tree

The #1 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #2 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #3 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #4 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

Garden Bed #1 - Tomato, Onion & Carrot... tomatoes getting so big, I had to stake them individually!

Garden Bed #1 - Tomato plants starting to blossom

Garden Bed #2 - Lettuce

Garden Bed #2 - Lettuce heads

Garden Bed #3 - Broccoli... really filling out now.

Garden Bed #3 - Broccoli plants

Garden Bed #4 - Tomato, Onion, Carrot

Garden Bed #4 - Onions and Carrots growing nicely!

Garden Bed #5 - Potatoes... they are so SUPER HAPPY that it's hard to fit them in the photo!

Garden Bed #5 - Potato plants are about 4 feet tall!

Garden Bed #5 - Potato plants are also beginning to blossom!

Garden Bed #6 - Corn & Beans

Garden Bed #6 - Corn is getting big!

Garden Bed #7 - Corn & Beans... after two weeks' growth, the beans are outpacing the corn. We've had to add a chain link fence trellis for the pole beans to vine up against. The original plan was to use the corn as a support for the beans to vine up against, but with the beans outpacing the corn in growth, this isn't possible so we mounted some left over chain link fence between the rows as a test and the beans seam to love it. We'll be adding a second trellis shortly.