Garden Tour - May 29, 2014

Something...my guess is the groundhog or the bunnies...ate a lot of the peas.  Despite the attack,

I have peas!  Not full pods, obviously, but they're getting there.

The tomatoes are getting taller everyday.

What's that growing next to the "Cantaloupe" marker?  Not a cantaloupe.

I'm pretty sure it's a tomato randomly growing.

Oh!  There's the cantaloupe hiding behind the marker.

That's Leroy.  From what I'm told, he used to be an hors d'oeuvres holder...toothpicks

in the holes and all that.  Now he guards the cucumbers and cantaloupe.

Sixteen in all, it's a lot of work, but he said that after years of being stuck in a cabinet,

never seeing sunlight, he's happy to be outdoors.

We are growing a variety of cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli.

I'm pretty sure this is a Purple of Scicily.

That's tar paper around it.  That's supposed to ward of cabbage worms or something.

Knock on wood...so far so good.

This is the second mushroom that grew.  I don't know if it's edible. 

We grew a whole quart mason jar of strawberry popcorn last year.

This year, we decided to try regular sweet corn one last time.

Two years ago, I grew one gigantic flowering sweet pepper bush, that produced not one single pepper.

Last year, I grew some small ones that actually produced peppers.  

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a good crop this year...knock on wood.

The sugar snap peas are growing like weeds.  The Hubby came up with the great idea

of using the two small tomato cages wire tied together as support.

First round of spinach.  More seeds are starting as we speak.

I don't know what's up the zucchini.  This is the only healthy looking one.

The other two are iffy at best.

Did the same thing with the kale as I did with the spinach.  I started some new ones yesterday.

One garbage can of potatoes are starting to flower.

We have more strawberries this year than ever before.

This is Bruce Lee.  Just like Leroy, he was rescued from an estate sale.

He likes to hang out near the eggplants to Kung Fu fight the insects away.

I also picked up this beautiful old tool box at an estate sale. 

Inside are all my, now finally organized, seeds.

Henrietta Hen has been around for a long time.  She keeps the seedlings safe.

A cut worm (I think) decapitated a sweet pepper so she's standing guard over there now.

Mint. Mint.  More mint.  I've been giving away mint plants.

Soon, I'll bring some to work to hand out.

The weather is still wonky.  I'm hoping it starts staying warmer soon.