A quick picture summary of the garden this year

[mousme]

Between constantly losing my camera cable and being really busy at work, I never got around to posting pictures of the garden.

There are a lot, but here's a sampling:



Crocuses! (Croci?) The first sign of spring:



The roses flowered beautifully:



The rhubarb. If you can credit it, this was taken over a month ago:



Cherries! Yum. I need to plan better for these next year, though. I was completely caught off-guard.



This is reflects about 25% of the basil I got this year:



Cherry tomatoes, as of last weekend:



My sad, slug-eaten cucumber. I got exactly two tiny cucumbers this year:



The peppers didn't do very well, sadly:



The Big Beef tomatoes, as of this weekend:

Comments

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Parts of it were a raging success. The basil and lettuce did really well. Some were okay: the herbs and onions are a little iffy. Some parts just sucked: my garlic disappeared, and the cucumbers and peppers sulked due to slugs and the weather.

Overall I'm pleased with this first effort. There was a pretty steep learning curve, and I'm much more optimistic for next year in terms of planning.

[mieszko.livejournal.com]

Your garlic may return next year we've had that happen before.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Yes, ours keeps coming back, year after year...

[mieszko.livejournal.com]

Even after harvesting?

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Yeah. We're mystified. Every year we think we've pulled it all out, and we turn over the soil and everything... and then next year the damn stuff comes back. At least it's only a plant or two, and it doesn't multiply. We inherited it from the previous tenants, who may have inherited it from someone earlier.

[mieszko.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, wonder if its reseeding itself.