Here are those sunflowers

After trying 2 times to successfully grow sunflowers, it happened! Must have been all those great people coming to weed and water all summer. I was a bit disappointed that the BIG ones don't seem to be as successful, but oh well! :)

Perspective of a kiddo...

The Pritchard family took care of the garden this past week. I happened to be there on Saturday, while they were there. I had my camera to take a picture of the sunflower. Chewie (the youngest) asked to use my camera and took some. I don't know which ones were taken by whom, but Rauan and Julia also took some! :)

a rose just outside the fencing


purple bean plant


marigold (I like this picture.)


corn


another favorite: chives in bloom


yellow squash

Updating on August 7, 2010

Thanks to those who have lovingly cared for the garden this summer. It sure shows! :)

Yummy harvest today! This is probably on 1/3 of what I could have picked!

This is the squash (zucchini, yellow and summer) side of the bed.

New spinach and swiss chard were planted a week ago.

Purple pole bean were also planted a week ago. Can't believe they are already this big!

This is going to be our first sunflower. I can't wait to see it!

Tomatoes... they are everywhere!

Check out our very large marigold plant. There are 2 on each side of the garden. Not sure what kind they are.

This is the cucumber side of the bed. Amazed at how these have done. There is actually only 2 plants here.

Corn, it is coming!

This is the NEW compost bin. I am so excited to see how this will work. I put it over the old stump of the tree that used to be in the area.

Cherry tomatoes... sure wished I like these!

I caught a bumble bee on one of the cosmos. I am deathly afraid of them, so I braved it to get the picture.

These are beets that were planted a week ago.

These are the green beans. They have slowed down a bit in their production, but are still providing lots of beans.

Took some pictures today. Missed out on taking pictures of the carrots! They were beautiful and we ended up being very successful with about a dozen good size, yummy smelling carrots. Mr. Dave's kids will be able to share with you how they tasted, as that is who will be eating them!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!!! See you soon!



tomatoes

tomatoes

slowly growing sunflowers

squash and cucumber plants

Anyone know what this is?

marigolds

green beans

cucumber

cucumber

peppers and cosmos

peppers and cosmos

corn

Caden Grajkowski Memorial with marigolds

It finally worked... :)

In the pictures, I am standing on the roof looking out towards Dempsey Rd. I gave description of some pictures at the beginning of the blog and thought the rest of them were self explanatory. The marigolds are growing like crazy! Thanks goes out to my brother's family and mom who sent seeds from their marigolds last year!

Corn


Tomatoes


Cosmos


Fr. Schmitt's tomatoes (They were a favorite of a squirrel, so he is trying out the garden for protection, seems to be working.)




Right hand side of the garden (while looking out towards Dempsey Rd); cucumbers and squash are in the top bed; tomatoes,lettuce and green beans are in the middle; cosmos and green peppers on bottom



This is the area that had our fantastic peas. I redug most of the ground and added in lots of compost.

This is the left side of the garden (while looking out towards Dempsey Rd; left bed has the rest of the carrots and that is also where the onions grew; middle bed is full of more green beans



Can you see the carrot that was pulled? It is sitting on the stepping stone almost in the middle of the picture.

July 15...Frustrated...........

Took some AWESOME pictures from the roof of the church today. Unfortunately, I am trying to upload them and have been unsuccessful... :( I will keep trying! Thanks Schwarm family for keeping such a good eye on the watering during this hot week. Wahl family is up for the following week.

Update on July 10th!

Awesome work, Charnitz/Pugh and Sniadach families! The garden looks wonderful!!!!! I went today and did some "renovating". I pulled the peas all down and redug most of that area. I mixed some of the composting from early spring.

The green beans are producing like crazy!!! Lots and lots of tomatoes and green peppers. I found several zucchini and yellow squash that are quickly ripening. The cosmos and marigolds are offering a bit of color to the garden, too. The corn and sunflowers are growing, slowly, but they are growing! :)

I pulled the rest of the onions. There are still some carrots growing. They are so cute. I also left the lettuce, but it is almost at its end, so stop by and cut some off, if you have a chance.

Here are some pictures to help you see what is going on!

These are all the goods I picked today. There are a ton of green beans at the bottom of this bucket.





This is corn. I believe most of the stocks are "Knee High By the 4th of July"! Hopefully we'll see some sweet corn eventually!




The cosmos are so dainty and add a little color to the green garden.



Not sure if you can tell, but I put up a homemade fence. I bought a bunch of shims and made them stakes and strung string around each one. Looks pretty good. I plan to do this around all the plots so that we can easily identify where they are...



This one shows just how many tomatoes we will have shortly. I am not a tomato lover, so please feel free to stop by and pick them once they turn red!




ps. The Schwarm family is up for weeding and watering this coming week. Thank you for the hard work!