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Gardening 2005

We've been very into the gardening this year. Not only do we now have a proper vegetable garden, we also have no grass and only ornamentals in the front yard. Well, no, we do hae s few grasses, but not the mowing kind.

First, the veggie garden. In it we have planted: 4 types of potatoes, sweet potatoes, zuchinni, 2 types of pumpkin, sugar snap peas, tomatillos, basil, leeks, and broccoli raab.

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Click on the above photo for descriptions and arrows pointing to stuff. It was taken on May 7. (See it with the evil fence around it) These are the potatoes as of June 4:

And they get bigger everyday in this really hot weather.

The veggie garden is beyond our fence right next to the alley. Inside the fence are some herbs, but mostly ornamentals.

The above photo was taken on May 22, but it gives you the basic layout. Now, the cannas are growing insanely, and the chayote is finally starting to grow up the pergola. I don't expect to get any actual squash fromthe plants, since we don't have a long enough growing season, but the vines should shelter the pergola.

The portulaca looks like it's always been growing there. The kiwi are much happier this year than last, and we might actually get some edible fruit this year! The palms are settling in and the dogs are learning that their leaves are sharp! The dinosaur food is growing very rapidly, and we have to water it pretty much every day to keep up with it.

The front yard is split into two halves by our steps up the hill from the street. One half is a more traditional perennial garden, currently somewhat neglected. We planted cannas there to make it look a little better. The other half of the front yard is Jeff's "creepy garden." Here is how it looked in progress on May 22.

Click on the photo for one with descriptions and arrows and other crap. Now, here's how it looks done, as of June 4:

We have a potato! Yay! We managed to grow at least one!

As of the end of June, our chayote has decided to grow like crazy. It's already near the top of the pergola. Soon it will escape and rampage through the city. Luckily, the second chayote vine isn't as vigorous, so they can't team up. Here's the bigger one as of July 7:

Our cannas have also just barely started getting blooms on them. Neglect is their fertilizer.

Finally, a random purchase at Meijer produced one of the prettiest flowers ever: a pineapple lily: