Wow, that looks amazing. I'm jealous of your grapes but know next to nothing about them. The gardens alive site I posted above will have some good info.
Thanks Fenika!
Wow, that looks amazing. I'm jealous of your grapes but know next to nothing about them. The gardens alive site I posted above will have some good info.
I planted impatiens in a window box!
Their flowers fell off.
That might have been the hail storm, but it's more likely that they took one look at my weed-filled garden and decided to commit flower suicide.
Anyway, I'm going to get my husband to drill holes for better drainage, stick miracle gro in my watering can, and, uh, pray.
GRAPES! i have grapes! i only put in the vines a year ago. they grow on an arbor that covers a bench in my sitting garden. i expected shade from the vines but no grapes because the soil is heavy and last summer was so hot, windy and dry, but the vines have lots of bunches of grapes. they are thompson seedless green grapes. they are about the size of dimes. i have no idea how to tell when they are ripe. better look it up.
my apricot tree is covered with apricots but it always bears well. my peach tree is so heavily loaded that the little old man next door had to help me brace it. we had to do it in spanglish. he is my neighbor's father who is now retired. he had a huerta in mexico--that is an orchard. my spanish is pretty classroom oriented but i do understand him and he does eventually understand me. he grew lemons and avocados and duraznos--peaches. he does think i spend (gastar) too much space and water on flowers. funny--just like my grandpa would say--s6
It's not a space issue. The grapes produced by the 2 vines are almost too acidic to eat, so I'm not that fond of them anyway. There are neither moth-resistant grapes nor a good natural remedy, as far as I am aware.Is there a space issue such that you want something else there? What about disease/pest resistant grapes? Are there natural controls that are fairly good and then you can just see how the harvest goes?
The grapes I have (concord seeded) are at the stage now where they are slightly bigger than a pea.
The 10x4 bed. Strawberries at the foot. Lots of celeriac. Snap peas at the end. Behind it is bed 2, a 4x4 with the same celeriac and single row of snap pea arrangement. Both have high water needs.
Downhill is another 4x4 bed, and barely visible is the newest 10x5 bed.
The 10x5 with zuccs, two tomatoes, one lone brocolli in the south corner, some carrots and bush beans starting to sprout...
Downhill of the stairstep 4x4s. Cosmos for polinators and color are in that tan pot. In bed 3 I have brocolli, lettuce, and spinach.
Flower already little peas!!! You can also see one of the bigger celeriac. They grow slowwww. I also have lots of empty spots, but my mom brought me back seeds from Czech. I think they are the Prague variety and I hope they dont mind a slightly late start.