Here's my asparagus patch. The plants are turning into lanky teenager ferns which normally would stand tall on their own, but the slope is a challenge. This weekend I put down some straw and put in some stakes to trellis them.
My self-watering containers are once again proving to be a fantastic way to add space to my garden and grow really healthy plants. I'm down to two containers since the third has a huge crack in the bottom and won't hold water. Oh, well... The two remaining planters have a cherry tomato plant and several basil plants thriving. Pesto, anyone?
We mulched this weekend and then found places for all of our statues...
Here's what the garden looks like now that I put down straw...
The picture below shows the cucumber trellis I bought earlier this Spring. I already have little cukes starting and lots of blossoms....
Below are the tomato ladders that Richard got me for Christmas. Red and green! Ho-ho-ho! I love Christmas in June... Most of the tomato plants are replacements for the ones that I started from seed and didn't make it, but two are from my starter plants and one is from Scott from Working Gardens.
The plants I got from Working Gardens are enjoying the new mulch and look really nice next to the deck.
And here's the front of the deck, complete with the new hose basket... (Target)
And our "big rock"...
Lately we've been seeing a some bunnies hanging around our garden. Why am I not worried? There's plenty for them to eat next door at the neighbor's house...
2 comments:
I love the Christmas colors! Rich gets you some good presents for sure.
When I got my asparagus plants it said to plant them in a trench and put some soil over them. Then 2 weeks later put more soil over them. I wonder if that will stabilize mine more? But I'm not on a hill, so that's good.
Your mulched plants look so pretty! Makes me sad we are waiting one more year to remulch!
If you're not on a slope I think your asparagus ferns should stand up just fine on their own. We get a bit of wind down our slope, so that contributes, too. I think the trenching is just to get them established, which worked really well for my crowns.
This was the first mulch we've put down at the house so we really needed it!
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