Shasta daisy

Leucanthemum x superbum Alaska I started Alaska from seed directly in the garden. In 2 year's time it's grown bonkers. Shasta daises should be divided every 2-3 years. I will divide this one next year. 

5/18/10

6/3/10

Plant is budding up but the recent storm knocked the plant to the ground and I need to get it tied up. I should of given it some support from the beginning.

6/4/10

I tied up Alaska as the wind had knocked it all down. Next year I will get to it much sooner. It is quite a big plant and not at all easy to tie up after the fact. My arms can't reach that far around.

6/9/10

6/16/10

Blooming today.

6/19/10

Leucanthemum x superbum Becky  I bought this one when I didn't think any of the seeds of Alaska I'd planted were not coming up. I guess the joke is on me. :) They are both very similar plants. I think Becky has a longer bloom time though and II absolutely have to divided this one this year so I will be splitting it up and replanting and selling some of them too. This photo is one of the divisions I've already dug up.

5/18/10

6/3/10

Becky is also budding up. Both the potted up divisions and the plant in the ground.

6/9/10

Note: Shasta daisy in pot is now sold.

6/19/10

Mother plant is now blooming

6/20/10

8/1/10

Seeds

8/5/10

Collecting seeds

The on going To-Do list!

• harvest tomatoes and keep up on processing them
• buy a food mill
• Mulch under trees
• plant beans
• Prune back Trumpet vine
• Weed beds
• keep harvesting and make more Jam from elderberries
• Find a ladder cheap
• Divide and transplant hostas
• divide and transplant daylilies.
• Move dayliles from rugosa bed.
• move seed grown hostas as they are getting too crowded.
• take cuttings of ninebark
• start new bee balm
• start new shasta daisy
• transplant rooted cuttings of trumpet vine to own containers
• clean up spare room for office space.
• Put edging around a garden bed.

The sketchbook

Tomato

Tomatoes
7/28/10
The tomato jungle.

German pink, early girl, black cherry, green zebra

German pink, early girl, black cherry

 7/25/10

green zebra, early girl, black cherry and German pink

Early Girl: I'm growing this one because it is dependable, always. No matter the weather or year you are guaranteed to get a nice harvest.

6/3/10

6/12/10

First tomatoes..on the dependable early girl of course. I'm not surprised one bit.

6/16/10

7/10/10

7/18/10

harvested my first early girls

Black Cherry: This is a new one on me. Looking forward to trying this in salads.

6/16/10

6/21/10

first tomatoes on this one

7/10/10

7/18/10
Harvested my first black cherries (with an early girl to compare)

8/4/10

Green Zebra: Pretty much my favorite tomato ever. has the best flavor and is very pretty and prolific.

6/16/10

7/10/10

German Pink: A new one for me. I don't always have the best of luck with the large types of tomatoes in this area. Sometimes I never get any ripe ones at all. Still, I decided I wanted to try this one. Maybe I can find one that does do well.

6/16/10

6/20/10

7/10/10

7/28/10

8/4/10

Squash/Pumpkins/Gourds

Unknown from the compost although this one either looks like an Atlantic Giant "pumpkin: or a gourd.

6/6/10

6/12/10

starting to vine

7/10/10

Ok, This one has officially been identified!!! It is a bird house gourd and it's taken over the garden. It is blooming like crazy right now too. I have grown these before, a seed must of been waiting for me for a while in the compost as I have not grown them for a few years.

7/28/10

8/1/10

8/4/10

Unknown, This one looks like a pumpkin.

6/6/10

7/10/10

And it is confirmed, a pumpkin!

7/28/10

Another seperate plant

Zucchini Born Free Hybrid

6/6/10

6/12/10

female blossoms are forming

7/10/10

There are many more where this comes from....

7/18/10

8/4/10