Happy almost June!
It's time for my End of the Month garden tour hosted by the Patient Gardener.
Isn't it nice to look out the window and see real-true-live green? And not the kind that you have to smoosh your face in the dirt to say, "Oh yeah, there IS a little bit of green there!"
I'm pleased with the way things are beginning to fill out in their second year here. It is such a terribly satisfying feeling to envision something and see it come to fruition...of course, I'm nowhere near "fruition" yet, but I am seeing progress.
I had a bird feeder mounted up on the fence post, but the woodpeckers absolutely demolished it.
Bye bye birdies!
Doesn't appear to be much happening in the veg garden, but I've been putting in my time here.
Everything is put in, and there are delicious little seedlings coming up. The frontmost section to the left is the Tornado's own garden, and she helped plant it herself. And is very adamant about letting you know it.
Happy little lettuces who are not liking the 90 degree weather that jumped upon us this week.
Not so happy little gardener who saw that the deer discovered the veggie garden two nights ago. Let the Battle of the Deer begin. (Who am I kidding here? We all know I'm the underdog.)
So even if the likeliness of victory with the deer is slim, I have a better chance against the Battle of the Death Garden. I need to research what is going on with the lower leaves of these peppers. I assume it's an insect of some sort, and I need to look up how to combat it.
Peppers are, unfortunately, my Nemesis Plant. Every gardener has one or two.
The only successful pepper I have grown in the past 5 years was buried under a cherry tomato plant.
I didn't even know it was there until I ripped out the tomato at the end of the season, and voila! A pepper.
Go figure. ;)
Here's to healthy, happy, & hearty peppers to you all!
I always root for the underdog, so here's to you and your battle against the deer over your veggie garden!
ReplyDeleteIts good to see your garden is looking great now, at least for your flower garden :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your veggie garden will also look great in due time.
So nice to see a new garden starting to fill in. I am so jealous of your vegetable plot in all that sun!
ReplyDeleteAfter years of battling deer, I realized the only way to "win" is put up an 8-foot high deer fence. It works, although it cost quite a bit, and it's such a relief to not be waking up in the night thinking I heard deer out there munching ...
We just put up a fence to deter the rabbits. So far, the slope has deterred the deer. Your veggie garden looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYour veg garden looks very organised, I do hope you are able to deter the deer, my adversary is Mr. Mole, he may be small but can create havoc. Your flowers are looking great after only two years, I know just what you mean about seeing the garden fill out, well done. Christina
ReplyDeleteHanni - I love the EOMV because following it regularly makes us feel as though we know the gardens and its great to watch them develop. Yours is looking great, and the house next door doesn't seem too intrusive! The Irises are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your end of month view Hanni. I am sure that your veggie garden will have really filled out by the end of next month. Hope that it soon cools down so that you and all the flowers can be more comfortable.
ReplyDeleteThings really are filling out beautifully Hanni, and I'm sure the veg garden will soon be bulging with tasty things - assuming the deer don't get there first. Hope you get some rain soon to help things along!
ReplyDeleteLovely to see how your garden is coming along. Lots of beautiful blue & purple shades (my favourite!)and I love those irises! Your veggie garden also looks good - amazing how quickly everything responds once the warmer weather arrives.
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