July 30th...Potato Harvest

Harvested some potatos today.  The potato harvest so far has been pretty meager.  My plants did very well at first.  They grew so tall that they feel over.  Then some of the plants went from green to yellowish/brownish.  I still have about 5 plants in the ground.  They are still green.

Some of these stalks are over six feet tall.

Ears are here!  I hope they get bigger.  When I planted corn two or three years ago, they never got much bigger than this.

Where potatos once grew.

Bronco loves eating these.

I'm going to store these potatos in a plastic five-gallon bucket in the basement. 

July 23rd...Just Pictures

July 23rd...Harvesting Zuchinni and Pulling Weeds

The Zuchinni plant has probably produced 12 zuchinni so far.

Making Zuchinni brownies!

Kathi and the kids helped pull a ton of weeds.  It went by sooo much faster. 

July 14th...Water Barrels

I planted the taller plants about two weeks before the shorter ones.  The shorter plants mature in 62 days which means
they should be ready when family comes into town for Bayli's baptism on September 3rd.

Zuchinni and some yellow squash plant in the background.

I planted these Green Beans a little later in the season than I normally do.

Our friends, Keith and Michelle Lewis gave us these two 55-gallon barrels.  I may build something similar to what Keith did...see below.  It is set up to collect rainwater from the roof.  His main purpose is to have water for his lawn and garden.  I however, would just like to collect water for emergency purposes.  Not drinking water, but just for cleaning and washing. 

Kids having fun with the barrels

June 19th...Beans, Corn (again), and Strawberries (again)

This is my second year growing brocolli....it's one of my favorites.

I planted corn about 3 weeks ago...very few seeds sprouted.  I planted more on Friday (June 19, 2011).  According to the label of these seeds, they will be mature in 72 days.  That's about the time that we will have family in town for Bayli's baptism and Brigham's blessing...hopefully they will grow delicious ears for everyone to enjoy!

A big thanks to Carol, Heather, Bayli and Kathi for helping me pull wees on Friday evening!

My test of Mirale Gro didn't go so well.  One of my two original strawberry plants burned...the other is barely hanging on (see below).   This is one of two more plants that I put in the ground on Saturday. 

Green Tomatoes

Hills of potatos

More hills of potatos

Planted beans on Saturday

Tomato Row

June 18th...Potato Box

A couple of years ago a friend told me that you could build a box and plant potatos in a box and grow them vertically.  As such  it takes up less horizontal space in a garden.  Finally I'm giving it a shot. 

I decided that instead of a box, all I would do is drive some stakes in the ground and wrap some old chicken wire
around the stakes. 

There's probably 4-6 potato plants in here...already very tall.  I hope it's not too late to do this.

Posts in, chicken wire in place, and more dirt on top of the growing plant. 

Before the dirt.

After the dirt.