Quick Update

Hello everyone!!

Not much has been going on with the garden.  July is a busy month for me.  I was out of town for the 4th, followed by a terrible sinus infection which I feel like I'm still trying to recover from.  And next week I'm leaving for my honeymoon!

I don't have any seeds planted yet, but I hope to get something in there by the end of the week.  Because I'm starting so late in the season, my options are somewhat limited.  Thankfully Juliann from One Small Garden gave me a very useful chart that shows what foods I can plant during what months and how long they will take to grow (on average).

For foods that I can start in August, I'll be looking for cabbage, beans, beets, carrots, broccoli, kohlrabi, cauliflower, snow peas, summer squash, kale, and spinach. So I have a lot of choices actually.

I've also started another side project of putting a compost together. I have a small indoor compost bin which I use for kitchen scraps and dead leaves from my indoor plants. I am also trying to make a designated area in my backyard for composting yard waste. I'm currently building a frame for it out of the bamboo that we had cut down in our backyard and let dry out. (note: We had a crazy little bamboo forest in our backyard that was left from the previous owners and it's been really hard get rid of it all. We're still trying to get rid of it actually, so I don't suggest planting bamboo unless you do a lot of research on trying to contain it because it spreads like a weed.)

The only problem with my outdoor compost area right now is that I put it in one of my dog's favorite spots in the yard. Since the bamboo frame is only about a foot tall right now, she has no problem of hopping over it and smelling around. Hopefully once I get more of the frame built she'll stay out of it, or I'll have to continue to keep an eye on her whenever she goes out. Thankfully, both dogs show no interest in the garden plot, so I don't think they'll bother it when I have plants growing.

I was asked in my last post why I didn't just go ahead and till my yard for a garden. The main reason being that my dogs love to run around the yard and would probably run all over the garden if it was directly on the ground, not to mention dig around in it.


Sorry for the lack of pictures in this post. I'll try to make up for it in my next post!
Also, I went back and added a few things into the last post that I forgot. Please go read that if you haven't already :)