Cold & Wet Again!

Rainy and a 67° high temperature today. How awful! Is this keeps up there won't be much of a growing season. Don't mind the rain so much but the cool weather just won't go away. It is all Lake Michigan's fault as its water temp is in the 40's. Not good!

The good news is that there is new corn I just planted a few days ago is popping out of the container it's in. And some of the lettuce is ready to be harvested and eaten.

Another Chilly Day

It was supposed to be warm today with a chance of severe weather. But it never really got all that warm here and as a result there was no severe weather. Nevertheless it was a bit too cool for the growing season. All I did today was transplant a bean plant from a seed starter container into the ground. The pea plants I replanted the other day are doing fine.

Day 1 - Miracle Gro

Today was the first official 90° day here. It did not last very long as a lake breeze developed and brought temperatures down.

Today also was the first time I watered the garden with Miracle Gro. I used both the vegetable/fruit and fruit/flowers varieties.

I'm hoping this post will be the first of daily posts that I will be disciplined to create.

Past Growing Seasons

I will try to get hyped for this year's growing season by posting some photos of past years' wonderful growth.

This was the Wisteria in 2013.

2015 Growing Season

This year I intend to do a much better job with this gardening blog. I really want to take at least a few photos each day just to have a sort of visual progess journal of the garden. The growing season here is so short that we must utilize it to the fullest!

First Zucchini Harvest

As I was looking through the huge tomato and zucchini leaves in the garden bed, I was totally surprised to see 2 huge zucchinis just waiting to be harvested. Here they are after I cut them from the bush:

All along I've been looking at the bush farther away that has been producing small yellow squash. Then all of a sudden these 2 that were all hidden underneath the green foliage and stems appear. 

The raspberry plant has been producing plenty of fruit. Nothing like fresh raspberries! Also kale and lettuce has been picked. Still waiting on the first ripe tomatoes and cucumbers/pickles to appear.

More Growth Progess

Another extended period of cool, unseasonable weather here. As I write this during the noon hour it is only 63° in my backyard! So here are more photos of growing progress:

First up is kale. I love kale and it is very healthful to eat.

Next is some beautiful lettuce. Look at that wonderful green & red color scheme! And the taste beats anything coming from the store.

Those are pickle plants. I prefer pickles over cucumbers. Usually you can eat a fresh pickle or two and you are satisfied. Cucumbers tend to grow large and difficult to consume in one sitting if you're eating by yourself.

Finally, some string bean plants. Had to apply the Ortho snail & slug killer as the many of the seedlings in this bed have getting attacked as is usually the case each year.

One more item of note--the Big Max pumpkin seed I planted has already sprouted! For such a young seedling it has such huge leaves already. Photo in next post.