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Gardening used to be a favourite hobby of mine...until we moved here. We have had nothing but trouble with this climate and soil. Our yard is overrun with weeds and the neighbors don't like us because of it. We are fighting a losing battle. This little hummer travels underground on a rhizome and periodically sends down tap roots. It conveniently breaks off at the runner when you pull it. Ultimately the only way to get at it is to dig it...a good 2 feet down. Even herbicides don't work on this baby. We've tried them. We were always organic until this weed...
Anyway, Paul and I spent some much needed time in the garden today. We pulled out the tallest weeds to start with. Then proceeded in on the smaller ones, digging up root systems of weeds, separating weed roots and plant roots, planting herbs, etc. I pulled major weeds from the container garden today. Also planted the herb garden (yes, I know it's the end of June!). Everything is a month late this year.
Here are some of the results of our work...
The herbs in the short white basket, backed by lettuce and green onion in the green pot, and tomatoes in the large wooden container. The beets in the brown pot were chewed off the instant the leaves came up. We're suspecting birds. The carrots and radishes are doing okay in the container beside the tomatoes. The remaining four or five little pots to the left of the photo are all different types of strawberries. We never get any because the squirrels eat them when they're small and green.
This is our bird feeder which we no longer use. The squirrels climb up that pole and eat all the seed. While they're around they make short work of the garden too. So there is no bird seed in the feeder anymore. At the base of the feeder are my bush beans. The white flowers in the back are Shasta daisies. They are supposed to be prolific in our area, but we can barely get them to survive in our yard.
I am not overly pleased with the gardening situation here for sure. This is such a far cry from the garden I used to have at our old home. Every time I see this one I am so dismayed. It is such a lot of work for such little results. I am thinking it would be better to rip it all up and put down gravel or pea stone. I'm tired of fighting it.
Anyway, Paul and I spent some much needed time in the garden today. We pulled out the tallest weeds to start with. Then proceeded in on the smaller ones, digging up root systems of weeds, separating weed roots and plant roots, planting herbs, etc. I pulled major weeds from the container garden today. Also planted the herb garden (yes, I know it's the end of June!). Everything is a month late this year.
Here are some of the results of our work...
The herbs in the short white basket, backed by lettuce and green onion in the green pot, and tomatoes in the large wooden container. The beets in the brown pot were chewed off the instant the leaves came up. We're suspecting birds. The carrots and radishes are doing okay in the container beside the tomatoes. The remaining four or five little pots to the left of the photo are all different types of strawberries. We never get any because the squirrels eat them when they're small and green.
This is our bird feeder which we no longer use. The squirrels climb up that pole and eat all the seed. While they're around they make short work of the garden too. So there is no bird seed in the feeder anymore. At the base of the feeder are my bush beans. The white flowers in the back are Shasta daisies. They are supposed to be prolific in our area, but we can barely get them to survive in our yard.
More tomatoes in front of my chives and daylily plant. This little corner of the garden is about the only place thing grow freely and well. I have to struggle with weeds everyplace else.
Irises from a co-worker of Paul's. It took a few years for them to bloom, but now they do okay. Not great, but okay.
This is the damage the cankerworms and birds do to our currant bushes every year. We rarely get more than two cups of berries off of two good sized bushes.
I am not overly pleased with the gardening situation here for sure. This is such a far cry from the garden I used to have at our old home. Every time I see this one I am so dismayed. It is such a lot of work for such little results. I am thinking it would be better to rip it all up and put down gravel or pea stone. I'm tired of fighting it.
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