Garden Update #2

Even though it has been so hot here in Memphis (in the 100's - you read that correctly) and we haven't seen rain in I don't know how many days, my little garden seems to be quite well. 

(This picture isn't the best!  I'll try to take another one soon.)

We have had some funny moments like when ADB told me that the corn had fallen over...and it really had.  He said to me one day when we came home from work, "H - you might want to go look at the corn because it has fallen over."   Yikes!!!!  But don't worry, with the handy internet, I found the problem and hence the solution...more dirt around the corn stalks.  So now we have standing corn...see slide #2

It gets taller everyday!

And now for the most exciting news...there is evidence that we may just see fruit (and vegetables) from this garden.  I was out walking around the garden.  Something I do everyday - just want to make sure everyone is doing okay.  I look at my cucumber plants (which I think are the cutest because they have these vines that swirl around anything they can find to attach to) and I find this....

It's the litle cuc!  Now, the key will be for it to grow to be a big cuc before some animal eats it.  

WARNING:  If you are an animal and I find you in my garden...you will be dead! - maybe not right at that moment, but watch your back - I will find you.  I now this sounds a bit intense, but you have to be.  

But don't worry, this cute dog won't be found in the garden...he's the keeper of garden.  He only went in the garden once (very early in the game) and soon learned that that wasn't the best thing for him.  He continues to be the best dog ever!!

Vacation Time

Last week, ABD and I spent a few days at Perdido Beach in Florida.  It was beautiful and the weather was perfect!!  Here is a little picture from where we spent most of our days!

The Garden

The last weekend in May my parents and sister came to visit us here in Memphis.  When they came, I had a little project I wanted to do.  Probably not what they had in mind, but I couldn't think of a better thing to do.  I have always wanted to have a little garden of my own.  I grew up with a huge garden and love all the fresh vegetables!!  I don't think I had green beans from a can until I went to college.  So, if the master planter was coming to visit, I thought I would have him help me!  In our backyard here in Memphis, we had a little shed on a cement square.  I wanted to take that shed down the day we bought the house.  So after a year of looking at it, I figured this weekend was the weekend to get rid of that eye sore.  So, down came the shed and then we had the huge project of getting the concrete out so I could make the garden.  We rented this machine from Home Depot that cuts concrete.  Andy and my Dad went after it.  We used some of the concrete as a border to the garden and put the garden where the cement pad was.  Below is the finished result.  I'm so excited to have a garden and can't wait until I can see the fruit of our labor.  It was a very laborious job (lots of sweat and lots of dirt to cart in).

This is the corn section of the garden.  It is struggling a little bit... or at least I think.  But maybe I need to have a little patience and talk to it more.

The beans shot up.  That is what is to the right of the picture.  In the other section, I have tomatoes, peppers, squash, zucchini, cucumbers and carrots.  I already had to replace the zucchini plant.  The first one I put in died, but this one is doing great!!

I'll keep posting pictures so you can see the progress of my little garden.