Garden 2025

The gardening season has ended for
me. All the plants have been pulled up
except for the marigolds. I have started
burying compost in the garden and then covering that section with
cardboard. Eventually, the whole garden
area will have compost buried in it and cardboard covering it. Why cardboard? It helps to keep the weeds down. When fall arrives and the leaves fall, I will
have the raked up leaves scattered on top of the cardboard.
This section has compost buried in it and the cardboard on top helps me to remember where I buried the compost.
All in all, I am happy with the veggies I got. My freezer has green beans, bell peppers and cherry tomatoes to use in the future.
I belong to several frugal groups
on Facebook and the one comment that I see over and over is “how do I start
couponing”. I hope this will help you
get started.
You can also use the same register
receipts for MyPoints Magic Receipts, but they need to have specific items on
it that you have chosen.
The Good Ole Days: Good Ole Days
We are still getting green beans, tomatoes and bell peppers. So far, I have harvested approximately 520 green beans, 27 regular tomatoes, 656 cherry tomatoes, 8 small onions, 20 bell peppers and 7 watermelons. I also harvested a bunch of basil and made 3 batches of pesto.
As of today (June 17, 2024), here’s
what happening in the garden. The
lettuce season is over – just too hot here in Florida. But I did get quite a few nice salads of red leaf lettuce, kale and romaine for a
couple of months.
Planted more seeds 6/2/24. Here's how they look today. I am hoping they will do better in this spot.
One of my potato baskets has failed but I did find 2 potatoes in the bottom (that was a surprise!). I dumped out the one basket on 6/1/24 and that’s when I found the 2 little potatoes. (1 was tiny and the other was very small)
The other basket still has one shoot that is green. I am hopeful that potatoes are still growing – especially since 2 small potatoes were growing in a basket where the plant had died.
The green beans are definitely
over achievers!
The tomatoes are starting to get
ripe quicker. I have already enjoyed one
tomato and mayo sandwich plus a few in a salad. Started picking tomatoes on 6/4/24 – picked 82 (mostly cherry tomatoes) as of 6/17/24.
The tomatoes are hanging over the
fence but so far no animal has taken any.
Bell Peppers – started picking on 6/8/24 – picked 5 peppers as of 6/17/24. I cut up 4 of the peppers and put them in the freezer for now.
Onions: started picking on 6/10/24 – picked 6 as of 6/16/24. (they have already been eaten)
Leeks (from last year): I pulled
them all up 5/17/24. I cut them up and
put them in the freezer.
Cucumber – picked first one
6/14/24 (photo on the right)– made a salad of cucumber and tomatoes. Yum!
Basil – picked 2 bunches 6/4/24
and 6/15/24 – made pesto both times. The 2nd batch has been put in the freezer for use in the future. Photo shows 1st batch made.
The watermelon plants are doing
great. I have one large watermelon and
several small ones. I am using face
masks as hammocks to hold up the watermelons so that they don't get too heavy
for the vine.
There are still no pumpkins growing on the vines yet but there are some flowers starting to form. I really hope we get some pumpkins as the chickens love eating them!
I have planted basil, oregano, thyme, cilantro, mint, lavender and marigolds all around the garden to help deter and repel insects. While I am still getting "visitors" to the garden, I believe the herbs are helping to keep most of them at bay.
It has been about a month since
the initial post on my garden. Here is
how things are going: