June 23, 2012: Updated pics!

Posted on June 23, 2012 by moharris786

Hey! I took a trip out west for 1 week to sunny California (although from what I hear, it was very hot in New Jersey for the last week with temps. reaching into the 100s?!). Anyway, I came back and saw a lot of growth in all of my gardens (vegetable, flowerbed, walkway and container). I took a few pics just to show the dramatic fruit and vegetable growths in a period of 1 week! There is a group of strawberries which will soon be ready to pluck. The tomatoes are in full effect, but the weight of the fruit is pulling down on the stems. Therefore, I tied some stems along the fence to train them. The ichiban eggplants are growing strong. A variety of peppers can be seen, and some may be ready to pluck.

As for the flowers, A LOT of stems have emerged from the container garden (which is a good sign, as I originally thought they would not grow). As for the flowerbed, I see small stems, but I cannot discern if they are from bulbs or simply weeds. We will just have to wait and see. Anyway, check out the pics below!

Strawberries.

Peppers.

Bell pepper.

More peppers.

Ichiban eggplants.

Summer squash.

Beastly tomatoes!

Okra.

Corn stalks.

Overall view.

Flower pot.

And another flower pot with emerging stems.

6/15/2012: Updated photos!

Posted on June 15, 2012 by moharris786

Hey guys! I have some updated pics to share with you. A lot of the vegetable plants are in the early stages of producing fruit. I took some great shots of the fruits budding from the stems. Also, some of the flower bulbs in my container garden are starting to emerge from the ground. I can see immature leafing and stems erupting from the soil. Looks very promising. Check out the pics below!

Bunch of tomatoes.

Tomatoes.

Eggplants.

Peppers.

Mint leaves.

Squash flower.

Emerging flower plant.

June 13, 2012: Weeding, cleaning and maintenance.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by moharris786

Today, I noticed that my garden was growing rampant with weeds and other invasive plants (I was expecting this to occur). Visually, it seemed like there was A LOT of unwanted shrubbery, almost as if my garden was taken over by these plants. However, upon closer inspection, it was about 1-2 very large plants encompassing each vegetable plant. No big deal. It was very easy to pull out the weeds, but it sure did take a lot of back-breaking labor! You can make your task easier if you wait until ample rain has hit your garden. This will keep the soil moist and loosen the earth so that you can pull out the weeds with ease. It rained the past few days, so it seemed like a good time to start weeding and maintaining my garden. I simply applied finger force at the base of each weed stem, and it came right out. Everything looks very clean now. Check out the pics for some before and after shots!