Hey all. I love looking at photos of others gardens so I figured I'd share my photos and use this as something to look back at my progress.
The patio is west-facing so sun doesn't show up until about noon, but lasts until 8 or so in the summer. That seems to work out because it's gets blazing hot in the later afternoon.
This garden started in about March when the third-year hops first decided to break ground. They are perennials and are incredibly hearty. We also got a shamrock bush from my parents on St. Paddys day. Then when the weather seemed to have thawed for good we planted a bunch of different seeds: basil, cilantro, bell peppers, carrots, leeks, zucchini, and tomatoes. They started out really well.... until the freak hailstorm hit. I was out of town for work and fiancee was at work so we couldn't do anything about it. They got pummeled by dump-truck-sized waves of hail and essentially all of the seedlings were killed and all of the non-sprouted seeds were churned up, pummeled, or sent flying. We actually waited almost a month to see if anything would grow again.
The hops survived but needed to be cut back. The zucchini and tomatoes were under the bench, thankfully, so they were good. So about a month ago I reseeded everything else. Here's how it's looking as of 7/14/2014:
Shamrock -- These guys do NOT like direct sunlight. I water them every day and put them in a spot that gets just a couple hours of sun a day.
Hops -- They're the Brewers Gold variety. This is their third season and we're hoping to get a harvest large enough to at least make one batch of homebrew. The first two images are plant #2, which was transplanted last year and seems to be growing slower than #1. As of today, #1 is getting massive. I'll be sure to update photos before this weekend.
Scarlet Nantes Carrots -- Just a bunch of seedlings right now. But they're moving and more and more pop up every day.
American Flag Leeks -- Also, just seedlings but doing well.
California Wonder Bell Pepper -- The bigger seedling has been trying since the hail storm. It's grown so painfully slow but now that the reseeded ones are catching up it seems to be growing at a normal pace.
Cilantro (and Basil????) -- So this is an odd one. Planted basil on one side, cilantro on the other. When the hail hit nothing grew. So I said screw it and reseed just cilantro all over. Now that things are popping up the basil seeds have awoken and are scattered about. Very strange, but we'll probably keep a few of the basil.
The patio is west-facing so sun doesn't show up until about noon, but lasts until 8 or so in the summer. That seems to work out because it's gets blazing hot in the later afternoon.
This garden started in about March when the third-year hops first decided to break ground. They are perennials and are incredibly hearty. We also got a shamrock bush from my parents on St. Paddys day. Then when the weather seemed to have thawed for good we planted a bunch of different seeds: basil, cilantro, bell peppers, carrots, leeks, zucchini, and tomatoes. They started out really well.... until the freak hailstorm hit. I was out of town for work and fiancee was at work so we couldn't do anything about it. They got pummeled by dump-truck-sized waves of hail and essentially all of the seedlings were killed and all of the non-sprouted seeds were churned up, pummeled, or sent flying. We actually waited almost a month to see if anything would grow again.
The hops survived but needed to be cut back. The zucchini and tomatoes were under the bench, thankfully, so they were good. So about a month ago I reseeded everything else. Here's how it's looking as of 7/14/2014:
Shamrock -- These guys do NOT like direct sunlight. I water them every day and put them in a spot that gets just a couple hours of sun a day.
Hops -- They're the Brewers Gold variety. This is their third season and we're hoping to get a harvest large enough to at least make one batch of homebrew. The first two images are plant #2, which was transplanted last year and seems to be growing slower than #1. As of today, #1 is getting massive. I'll be sure to update photos before this weekend.
Scarlet Nantes Carrots -- Just a bunch of seedlings right now. But they're moving and more and more pop up every day.
American Flag Leeks -- Also, just seedlings but doing well.
California Wonder Bell Pepper -- The bigger seedling has been trying since the hail storm. It's grown so painfully slow but now that the reseeded ones are catching up it seems to be growing at a normal pace.
Cilantro (and Basil????) -- So this is an odd one. Planted basil on one side, cilantro on the other. When the hail hit nothing grew. So I said screw it and reseed just cilantro all over. Now that things are popping up the basil seeds have awoken and are scattered about. Very strange, but we'll probably keep a few of the basil.
These guys are great. I've grown the Black Beauties in the same situation and they produced a ton. It's throwing out male flowers like crazy and there are about three or four females a week away from blooming!
