I got these in a seed packet I found lying around our house... I planted a bunch of them, but soon after that we spread mulch and most of the seedlings died off! Lesson learned.
- Dan
Monday, August 5, 2013
Bachelor Buttons
I have been meaning to post a photo of these flowers for a few days... They have been in bloom for about two weeks.
I got these in a seed packet I found lying around our house... I planted a bunch of them, but soon after that we spread mulch and most of the seedlings died off! Lesson learned.
- Dan
I got these in a seed packet I found lying around our house... I planted a bunch of them, but soon after that we spread mulch and most of the seedlings died off! Lesson learned.
- Dan
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Dahlias
Last Fall I saved a plethora of seeds from three dahlia plants we had planted on the south side of our house. There was one yellow, one pink, and one red plant. I was curious to see what the seeds would produce, as they often are not the exact same as the parent plant...
The pink and the red plants actually made it through the winter and the yellow one did not...
The red dahlia I saved seeds from.
The pink one...
And now for some of the offspring! This picture is actually three different plants...
This is one of my favorite ones, it is more of a golden, orange-ish almost pink color. I love the gradient of lighter to darker from the center to the end of the petals.
This one is pink as well but it is more magenta and darker than its parent.
Another one came out almost the same yellow as the one we had last year... you can see it in the photo above too.
This pink one looks very similar to the original pink... it does seem to have some more yellow in the center though. I'm not sure if that is just because it hasn't fully opened up yet?
This one hasn't bloomed quite yet... but it looks like it is an even darker pink!
These ones still have yet to show me what they will look like!
- Dan
The pink and the red plants actually made it through the winter and the yellow one did not...
The red dahlia I saved seeds from.
The pink one...
And now for some of the offspring! This picture is actually three different plants...
This is one of my favorite ones, it is more of a golden, orange-ish almost pink color. I love the gradient of lighter to darker from the center to the end of the petals.
This one is pink as well but it is more magenta and darker than its parent.
Another one came out almost the same yellow as the one we had last year... you can see it in the photo above too.
This pink one looks very similar to the original pink... it does seem to have some more yellow in the center though. I'm not sure if that is just because it hasn't fully opened up yet?
This one hasn't bloomed quite yet... but it looks like it is an even darker pink!
These ones still have yet to show me what they will look like!
I will let you know what they look like in the near future!
- Dan
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Nasturtiums
As July draws to a close...
Our nasturtiums have been blooming one at a time for a couple weeks now. Of course they are not usually just single blooms but ours seem to be doing that... I thought I would show you them in all there single-bloom glory!
I love the orange with red in the center...
- Dan
Our nasturtiums have been blooming one at a time for a couple weeks now. Of course they are not usually just single blooms but ours seem to be doing that... I thought I would show you them in all there single-bloom glory!
- Dan
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Volunteers
So this year in our garden we had quite a few plants that were not planted but came up in random spots. This is probably because they were thrown in our compost pile... most of them are gourds or pumpkins of some sort.
These ones I actually DID plant...
And those green beans I showed you yesterday? I ended up picking some last night, so we could can them along with some other ones we got from grandma.
These ones from our garden are an heirloom variety called 'White Half Runner Mountaineer' Bean. They mature fairly early (depending on when you plant them). The pods are lighter green and about 5 inches long and taste kind of sweet. The plant itself can be either grown as a bush bean or on a trellis, as the runners only reach about 3 feet long.
We got about 10 jars to can when we mixed ours in with the other beans!
- Dan
These ones I actually DID plant...
And those green beans I showed you yesterday? I ended up picking some last night, so we could can them along with some other ones we got from grandma.
These ones from our garden are an heirloom variety called 'White Half Runner Mountaineer' Bean. They mature fairly early (depending on when you plant them). The pods are lighter green and about 5 inches long and taste kind of sweet. The plant itself can be either grown as a bush bean or on a trellis, as the runners only reach about 3 feet long.
We got about 10 jars to can when we mixed ours in with the other beans!
- Dan
Monday, July 29, 2013
Garden Update
I haven't shown any pictures of the vegetable garden in a while. This is partly due to how out of control the weeds are! I need to do a few days of intense work on the garden in general! But here is how some of the plants are faring...
The corn is getting really tall! Some of it is over my head...
A watermelon! This variety is Georgia Rattlesnake...
Some green beans are getting ready to be picked!
The lettuce is flowering or almost done... I want to save some seeds, but I need to let it dry out just a little more...
The snow peas are all fairly dried up. I am going to pick them and save the seeds for next year. I am hoping the success rate will be worth it.
We have ripe tomatoes! Can't remember exactly what kind this was...
Most of these ones are still green... This variety is Roma I believe.
Some of the green onions produced seed heads! Trying to save those too!
Another kind of sunflower (not the Russian Mammoth) is getting very large!
The basil is all in flower... and the bees are all over it!
The parsley is producing seed heads as well...
And we still have swiss chard, radishes, and carrots!
Tomorrow I will show what some of the volunteers we had turned out to be!
- Dan
The corn is getting really tall! Some of it is over my head...
A watermelon! This variety is Georgia Rattlesnake...
Some green beans are getting ready to be picked!
The lettuce is flowering or almost done... I want to save some seeds, but I need to let it dry out just a little more...
The snow peas are all fairly dried up. I am going to pick them and save the seeds for next year. I am hoping the success rate will be worth it.
We have ripe tomatoes! Can't remember exactly what kind this was...
Most of these ones are still green... This variety is Roma I believe.
Some of the green onions produced seed heads! Trying to save those too!
Another kind of sunflower (not the Russian Mammoth) is getting very large!
The basil is all in flower... and the bees are all over it!
The parsley is producing seed heads as well...
And we still have swiss chard, radishes, and carrots!
Tomorrow I will show what some of the volunteers we had turned out to be!
- Dan
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Sketch 8
I needed to create a vision for what our Pumphouse could be. I want us to have a general goal in mind to accomplish. After much discussion on what it could be like... this is what we came up with!
Today we will continue to work towards this vision. Happy Sunday!
- Dan
Today we will continue to work towards this vision. Happy Sunday!
- Dan
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