First off, i tried to create an animal feeder that would keep critters out of the garden. It seems to be working. At any given time of day there are bunnies, squirrels, and an assortment of birds chowing down here, but none in the garden.




wideshot with banana peppers pots




close up of pepper pot



closer close up. these things produce like crazy




When we had to thin the beans, we saved the ones we pulled and replanted them in a pot, not knowing how well they would do. Here's the lovely Mrs. POAC picking some of the transplanted beans




This is the front half of the garden where our neighbor plants his bonanza of tomato plants. that's our lettuce and spinach row in between




Behind his maters are our lettuce, then peas, then beans



Here's the back half. it looks really cluttered from this angle, but it's not really as bad as it looks.



Here's the back of the garden. The plants in the foreground are all potato plants. We're gonna have a shitload (10 plants)


In between the taters (front) and the beans (back) we have brussels sprouts (left) and broccoli (right)


and then next to them we have crookneck squash and zuccini




all along the edge we have onions (red, white, yellow)




A farther view of the back half



Our peas (pod peas and snap peas)


Producing beautifully



Our two lonely eggplants



The tomato monster growing in the south plot


Behind the tomato monster are jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, kohlrabi, and a smattering of beats



Across from that we have yet more brussels sprots and broccoli


and next to that, the pumpkin fest. the pumpkins we planted are the spooky white kind. We also planted an Atlantic giant that's sup[posed to get to be hundreds of pounds, but it's not doing too well. I left that big bare spot in front jkust in case I needed room for it.




That's it so far.

WOW

The plastic bottles grew.

Looks good

Thanks! I'll post some of the other good stuff here shortly

Nice buncha weeds ya got there TJ.
I say weeds cause they're HUGE. My tomatahs aren't anywhere near that big yet!
And the strawberries only just started growing.


On the other hand, I got one super nice little patch of perfect lawn!





Damn nice lookin can patch ya got there!

Where are the coffee trees?

Very nice!

We've got cucumbers, watermelons and pumpkins. I'll have to get pics up.

I'm waiting!

*tap tap tap*

The strawberries are around back, and though the apple tree is bearing three tiny apples, it's still a baby tree.

That's great, Sky. Your place looks so nice and cozy. Ah. Very nice.

OK, I've figured out flickr. I'm dangerous now, heh heh.

Pumpkins


Watermelons


Cucumbers






My plumeria tree - a living souvenir from Hawaii



My pride and joy - my morning glory covered arch



My boys



Stepping stones we made and my cat, Ty



My house

Wow Ping! How long have you been working that garden space?
That's a nice looking, well established garden!

OK, that's pretty fricken sweet. Both of you two. Very cool. Pinger, I can't believe you have melons already. And BIG ones! Ours would be the size of golf balls.

Sky , your pad always looks great. How did you grow a CD tree? I bet Billy has one too.

Sky, a little neglect goes a long way. The gardens were established by the former resident. When we moved in 2.5 years ago, there were 55 rose bushes. I've whittled it down to 12. Many were planted in shade, so they would never do well. Some were old fashioned ones that were developing into the kind of briar that surrounded Sleeping Beauty's castle. Anyway, a lot of what you're seeing in the back is wild, English cottage garden sort of thing. The vinca (the pink stuff) come back from seed every year, as do my morning glories. I also have salvia (5 or 6 kinds), poppies, lavender, bridal bouquet, Russian sage and some other stuff. I like low maintenance perennials. But thanks for the compliment anyway.

TJ, I think you're commenting on the growing season here in Se AL. I am on the 31st parallel, you know.

We had to figure out where to draw the line with the gardens. There's more square footage of them than inside my house!

I use old CD's to make Sun Chimes with.
Wind chimes make sound, Sun Chimes are pretty!
Old Blank DVD's that didn't burn work best.
Also, the Clear ones you get top and bottom on a stack.
Put some fishline weights near the bottom of the string so the wind doesn't flip them around too much.


Just drill little bitty holes, one at the top, one at the bottem, (might try the bottom off to one side, so it hangs uneven) and connect them together with a good thin string. Fish line does not work. It gets twisted and brittle and breaks even though I use fish line spinners too. Then connect them together anyway ya want.

I started doing this after seeing my brother hang singles in his trees. (Most of which blew away in the winter storms) I liked the idea because I didn't like having to throw this stuff away. So I expanded on the single idea and strung them together.

Viola! Sun Chimes!





By the way, the flashing of the CD's scares off birds and critters.
They don't know it's just the sun chimes and get freaked.