2 Months In

Yes, it's been awhile since I've put up a garden update. This was mainly due to preparing for a week long vacation, enjoying our vacation at the beach, and then slowly transitioning to the real world once we got back. But here you go, it's EXPLODED from the last garden update. It's taken 3 years to actually produce pumpkins but I guess third times a charm because we have at least 5 that are getting big quick. The sunflowers are now taller than the gutter to our garage, tomatoes are green and plump, and we have ears of corn finally!!

We have been struggling with rodents throughout this growing season. First it was a raccoon that was getting in and eating the ears of corn. He is no longer with us. Now it's a bunny that is eating the bottoms of our green bean plants and now our pepper plants. He's tiny enough he can fit through our fence which is unfortunate. He may not be with us in the very near future :o( Other than that lots of greenery and soon lots of produce!

Actually our first harvest was probably 75 pounds of potatoes, about 12 bulbs of garlic, and lots of tiny onions (their stems were damaged which led to stunting their growth). They're all drying out in our basement as we speak.

OH! Almost forgot! For those that haven't seen it already on FB or Instagram, ran across this fella last week after finishing up in the garden.

Pumpkins! Yes that is grass and weeds all around them and I don't care

Green everywhere

Different view

Damn bunny, you may be adorable but stop eating my green beans!

Jack-be-little pumpkins, so cute and tiny!

The sunflowers are HUGE! I basket-weaved them like the tomatoes so they wouldn't fall over like they did last year because they get so tall

Bell peppers

Tomatoes

Basil                                                                      Corn

So many potatoes! We think they may have cross pollinated because they're all red and we know we planted so russet in the bunch. Weird, didn't know they could do that.

Zinnias bloomed!

So many beautiful varieties

Harvest in basement

OH! Almost forgot! For those that haven't already seen it on FB or Instagram, ran across this fella last week after finishing up in the garden. Needless to say if we meet again it will be at the end of the barrel of my .22.

Solid 5 feet in length