My Little Garden in August and Corn

 I can not believe we are in August.

I am very pleased with my mini crop of "Bi-Licious" sweet corn.

Burpee seeds

I did get a few cobs that had some undeveloped kernels.  Need to help out with the pollination on the next bunch.

A batch of corn fritters.  

A nice bunch of basil that was used to make pesto.  A favorite thing to make in summer and it freezes well too.

Heirloom Stupice tomatoes (Renee's Garden seeds), are starting to ripen.  A favorite of ours to grow and they are great to roast in the oven and freeze for later or add the roasted tomatoes to pasta for a quick meal. 

Now, these were supposed to be RomaVF tomatoes according to the seed packet.  They do not look like Roma tomatoes to me and they were a  container variety too, LOL!   I'm not complaining but I cant wait for them to ripen. 

 

 Dancing Girls zinnias

Burpee seeds

I love the compact growth and so many blooms.  This is one plant too.

Queen Lime Orange zinnia

Burpee seeds

A new favorite 

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I hope to start sowing for fall in a few weeks.

Blessings!

Corn Update - July 2020

June 27th 

July 7th

I'm amazed on how tall the stalks are and I see at least a dozen ears of corn.  Yay!

Burpee seeds - Sweet corn "Bi-licious Hybrid"

75-80 days to harvest.

I'm looking at mid to late august for some ripe corn.  

I have only two good bushes of the French Mascotte bush beans.

So far, they have been good producers of beans.

I will sow more in late summer.

I added these to a stir fry.  I blanched and gave them a quick shock in ice water prior.  

They have a nice sweet taste. I could have eaten them all.  

What a beautiful zinnia. "Queen Lime Orange"

A bouquet of "Dancing Girls", Queen lime orange" and "Queen red lime" zinnias

Thank you for visiting my blog.  Wishing you a wonderful day.

My Garden in June

In a few days, we will be in a new month. The weather in zone 10a (Southern California area), starts with some overcast skies and the sun eventuallypeaks out, late morning.  Starting to get some of those humid days.  The corn is doing a great job in my garden. You can see the second sowing too.  I'm getting excited here.

This morning, I saw that a few of the stocks have started to produce tassels.

 Another new zinnia that I am growing this year is called,"Dancing Girls, seeds from Burpee. They  are growing in the bush bean bed.

A better photo of the zinnia/bush bean bed.

 The finches love to eat the zinnia leaves.  My zinnia plant has a lot of tattered leaves.

 Yves Piaget Rose

 Echinacea (coneflower)  

 I enjoy being out in my garden, it brings me peace.   I see so many of Gods creature  that also enjoy it too.

 Thank you for visiting my blog.  Have a wonderful day.

Hello Summer

Fist day of summer.

Here in zone 10a we are having a grey day and its perfect for working in the garden.

This is my second attempt here.  I sowed my first set of corn back in April.  They did not do well. These in the photo were sown on May 19th and so far so good.  In between the corn rows, I sowed two types of carrots, why not.

I did not realize that corn produced suckers. I carefully cut them away and I read they may grow back a few times.  I will keep cutting them away.

I sowed two more rows of corn and they have already sprouted, just in 5 days.

 I transplanted the last three bush beans "French Mascotte", seeds from Renee's Garden. Also in this bed is a zinnia plant called "Dancing Girls", seeds from Burpee.

 In this bed I had three large Sweet William plants that were sown last fall.  They were transplanted into the rose area. I needed to make room for the Roma tomatoes and basil plants.  I will also plant one of the Roma tomatoes in a large container.  Not a lot of different summer vegetables this time around, but I plan to start cucumbers and squash in late summer.  I am trying something new.  I will post my alley way bed next time.

Tomato RomaVF - seeds from Ferry-Morse

From zone 10a in Southern California, have a great summer and thank you for visiting my blog.

New In My Garden?

First time growing Sweet Corn in my garden.

Seeds packet: Botanical Interests

Buttergold (hybrid)

Sowed directly into my raised bed on April 14th

So far a few have spouted and they are about 2 inches tall.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  I have netting over them to keep the crows out.  They love to mess up my beds.  According to the seed packet, I can continue to sow them thru May and the next round in July - August too

Next but not new in my little garden, Larkspurs.

Seeds packets: Renee's Garden

Heirloom Imperial "French Alouette"

Heirloom "Parisian Pink"

Sown late summer 2019

 You can click on to the photos to see them larger too.

 You can never have enough of these beauties in your garden.

Some container herbs 

 Sage and Chives that wintered over in the same container.  I added top dressing of compost.

 A favorite herb of mine is tarragon.  This plant has been in this container for a couple of years.  Wintered over and I also tilled in some compost around the plant.  Alyssum and tarragon do well together.

This is my raised bed set up. I use either small gauge chicken wire or PVC pipes and add netting over to keep the birds out.  So far so good and once the plants mature, I will take them off.

 Here is a Sweet William for you too.  Thank you for stoping by for a visit.  Have a wonderful day.  Blessings to all.