Photo below - A very nice flower of bitterweed. I often grab an entire plant, and eat it right on the spot. Hey, it's good stuff! Heh. Just don't let your cows get into any, or their milk will be sour...
Photo below - Poison oak. It is everywhere near the edge of the woods, and I stay away from it most of the time. (Notice that I said most of the time)
Photo below - A beautiful flower from a bramble of some type, that's located behind the new melon box. Even though it doesn't produce any small fruit, it's real good at attracting bees!
Photo below - Here's the 2 cherokee purple tomato plants. Notice the light-green color that the one in the forefront possesses. It may be early blight, iron chlorosis, or something similar. Good thing the sucker removed from the healthy plant in the background is doing nicely, because i'll probably need it.
Photo below - Honeysuckles! Although the vines are very aggressive at taking over an area - the flowers sure do smell good!
Lastly, the compost bins - as a new cycle of decomposition begins. I'll start turning the piles in a few days, if it will ever quit raining. The "greens" are plentiful, and this should be an easy cycle to complete. I see no problems in getting the compost finished by September.
Family will begin to arrive from Kentucky and South Carolina tomorrow, and EG will most likely be pretty involved with family activities for the next 3-4 days. I'll still try to sneak a post in, if possible though...
In closing, i'd like to say "Thanks" to all of my readers, and people that have chosen to follow my blog. It's good to know that my crazy methods and ideas are interesting to some. Ha! Also, i'd like to say hi to the couple that lives at the end of Duncan Creek Road. I will gladly give you a tour of the garden anytime you want.
Take care, and happy gardening!
EG
11 comments:
Nice photos.
Have a great time with your family!
Liisa
Bitterweed.... hmmm, does some of it have pink flowers? I've seen something very similar down here with pink flowers.
Your compost bins are filling up again :-) Looking good!
EG, I'm curious as to how you use your triple bin method for composting. It looks as though you have three bins of new stuff at once. When I had my lovely 3 bin system, I used bin #1 for new materials, then when it was time to turn it, I turned it into bin #2 and started a new pile in #1. The second turning I put the half finished stuff from bin #2 into bin #3, then turned #1 into #2 and started a new pile in #1. By the time #1 was ready to turn, #3 was finished and ready for the garden, #2 went into bin #3 ...and so on. Have I confused you yet? It was a compost assembly line, and I sure wish I had a three bin system here!
Granny
I did not know you could eat Bitterweed! I just like to look at the pretty little flowers.
I learned by accident about planting suckers 3 years ago when one of the vines from a cherry tomato rooted and formed a whole new plant. I planted suckers last year when the hail shredded my tomato plants and got new tomato plants. Really, tomatoes are super weeds!
Love the "weed" pictures. Reminds me of being a kid and eating sour grass, I hadn't thought of that in years.
I hope your tomatoes are okay.
Honeysuckle always always reminds me of summer at my grandma's.
Liisa - thanks!
Judy - no, it only has yellow flowers. Oh yes...the compost bins are fixing to be cooking again1
Granny - I just dumped the bags of leaves in the two outer bins, and put all of the UCG's from work in the middle bin. I thought about using the method that you've described, but will probably do it differently.
David - welcome to my blog! Yeah, the bitterweed is real tangy, but I imagine alot of it would make you have a stomache ache. Oh yeah...those suckers are a lifesaver sometimes. I rooted 12 from 1 plant at my workplace.
Jenn - Thanks. I take pictures of all kinds of weird things. Ha!
hydroponica - It smells so good, and I frequently pick a bouquet of them - and put them on the kitchen windowsill.
Nice photos EG! Lot of subjects to photography this time of year. Thanks for blogging about your garden & building, Always something interesting to follow here.
Pretty pictures. I could look at flower shots all day.
I was looking at your composting system and I figured that I would read some of the other comments and I found the one that Annie's Granny posted. I have a rudimentary composting set up and I was looking at your pictures and said, "Oh, that's what I need!" Then the question that came to mind was how you were using the system, and then AG asked the same question. So....lol...right! I just wanted to say that I liked the pictures and I really like the compost bin setup.
Thanks!
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