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" Van Gogh

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Changes In The Garden - Summer 2019 (Raised Beds)

BEFORE (2018 SUMMER)
AFTER (2019 SUMMER)
The raised beds make a difference in my garden.  A lot more easier to garden too.  Not so hard on my hand and back.  I was not sure what I wanted my garden to look like or what I wanted to grown. But so far, I liked how this past summer turned out.
Showing the rose area in this photo and an area that I'm still working on.  Lower part of the photo shows Borage.  Oh my what an amazing plant and it was the first time growing it too. 

But I want to share some winners for Sumer 2019

These are called "Minnesota Midget" melons.  Fun to grow and they produced well in my zone 10a here in Southern California.  Towards the end of the growing, I had to deal with the powdery white mildew.

So tasty and sweet.  These are my Husbands favorite fruit.  You can see the powdery mildew on the leaves.

The next surprise that grew for me were the mini eggplants called "Little Prince" container eggplants.  Seeds from Renee's Garden.  
They grew well in large containers and amazingly well in one of my raised beds, huge as a matter of fact. They were great producers.  I had to stake the one in the bed because of all the fruit it had on the plant.  First time growing this variety  of eggplants and I had much more success. 


It seems last year, I did not grow as many flowers.  This year I plan to not have that happen.  That is depending what type of summer we have here.
Yarrow, Gina Lollobrigida and zinnias.  


First time growing cover crop.  This is a beautiful and fun cover crop called "common Buckwheat", seeds from Botanical Interests.  Love the tiny little flowers. The plant is good for soil conditioning and attracts bees.  A warmer type cover crop and it will reseed itself.  Need to be careful, it will take over.



It makes great filler to flower bouquets too.  



This is one amazing herb, Borage and it is still growing in my garden.  It loved the summer heat and it really attracted the bees and lay bugs too. Not the most attractive plant but if you need to attract pollinators, this is the plant.  I think I will always be somewhere in my garden.  It has many good uses too.  You need to make sure you wear your garden gloves. A very prickly plant and may cause irritation to your skin.  But it is always good to wear glove while working in the garden.




The long hot days of summer along with the humidity bring this interesting insects, dragonflies.  They were in abundance in summer 2019. 


I could not have done it all without the help from my Husband and my garden buddy Opie.

I hope to post some of the fall and winter garden soon.  The lettuce has been amazing.

Thank you for visiting my blog and have blessed day.

4 comments:

Bev C said...

Hello Bobbie Lynn

Oh your garden is just beautiful, so lovely and green. I have to say I am in love with your header photo, so much detail. Great photos of your garden that is growing so well. I think all melons pumpkins get mildew by the end. The little baskets are a great idea. Dragonfly's are wonderful things to have in the garden. I have grown Borage and agree with you it should be used more in gardens. It is so important to get more bees and insects in the garden.

Happy gardening.
Bev.

Bobbie Lynn said...

Thanks for your visit Bev. Good hearing from you.

Uniquely Ella said...

Hi Bobbie Lynn, your garden looks so beautiful. You always do such a good job, but now it looks even more beautiful, So inspiring. I moved to a new garden zone, one state up. Now I'm starting a garden from scratch. Now that we're all settled in I can come visit more often, moving at this age is not easy my friend. Big hug.

Unknown said...

Those eggplants (and everything else too) look so good! I'm all into Baba Ganoush lately and want to try making my own. Xoxo-Julie