Fall Garden 14 Oct 2008

The "structure" we had just wasn't working. The nylon string grid I purchased from Mel's website just didn't hold up very long. I went and wandered around Home Depot looking for something that would work better. The garden center had quite a few options, but nothing that looked like it would last more than a season or two. I found this metal grid near the stucco and cement. For under $10 I thought it was a great option.

The beans, pumpkin and cucumber took right to it. Made a spray bottle with water and dish soap to spray on the tender beets and peas. Hopefully that will keep the little munchers away. Beautiful 70 degree weather. Plants are loving it.

Fall Garden 7 Oct 2008

Pumpkin, Armenian cucumber, pole beans, and cucumber have all grown enough that I will soon need to put up a structure for them to climb on, Sugar Daddy peas were replanted, still no sign of spinach and green onion. I'm pretty sure the birds took the seed. Something is finding the beets to be quite tasty and is munching on them. I need to find an organic fix for that. There are two thumb size zucchini! It's the first Zucchini plant I have been able to grow here.

You can see part of the drip irrigation system I put in place as well. Each square foot has it's own immitter so I can control water to each square. Mel suggests hand watering, That doesn't work for me as I forget, or just choose not to go out in the heat of summer.