10 July 2010
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Just a few garden pics today. A ladybug I found on the stem of a lettuce flower:
My first Tithonia! It opened in this morning's rain. If the plant covers itself with these bright booms, I think it's well worth the shabby leaf appearance.
Eating Green Beans. They are just starting to get plentiful. Last night my daughter even asked for more when they were gone. I said we have to wait until the little ones outside get big enough, and she was impatient.
The Pumpkin is growing enormously fast sprawling all over the place. Same with the Cantaloupe and Cucumbers. Huge leaves.
I'm so excited that many of my Corn plants are producing two ears! But they look funny- the ears come out of the base of the stalk, right above the ground. I knew I'd bought seed for shorter corn plants, just about 5' I think, but I didn't know they would have such an odd appearance.
Lovely pictures! I really love that ladybug shot with the stems crossing every which way int he background...gorgeous! And I've never heard of Tithonia before, but wow...I love that flower! I hope you do get lots and lots of blooms. :D
ReplyDeleteTithonia is also called Mexican sunflower. Unlike regular sunflowers which make one tall stalk and huge flower, this one makes lots of flowers on stems- supposedly you can make a great flower hedge out of it, but I don't have nearly enough growing tall yet!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute ladybug :D I'm loving watching your corn grow! I think I'm going to try to grow some next year!! It would probably grow well where I have my sunflowers growing right now along the fence. I've formed an obsession with fresh greenbeans this year, but I'm buying them from whole foods. Luckily, the fall season for them is coming up soon hear, so I saved a bunch of the actualy beans from the bunch I just bought and I'm going to let them dry out and then plant them next month :D
ReplyDeleteBe sure you feed the ground really well if you plant corn there next year. I've read that sunflowers are heavy feeders, and so is corn- so your soil in that spot might be kinda depleted...
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