My country VEGETABLE garden Part 2

Boy, did the week go by fast.  My original plan was to add this part 2 a few days later than the part 1 post. Guess I'd better become faster, or something.  It appears that a VAMPIRE took a bit out of this tomato.  Never mind, he has since ripened. Part is in my stomach; and the other part is in the refrigerator.  I cut the vampire area away. (couldn't let a fresh garden tomato go to waste). Will post photos of this tomato in its ripened stage in a later post.

The rain has really helped the garden the past few days.

The barren area above is where the eggplant and a few others did not grow.

I love the look of this little tomato.

For those not familiar with chicken life, when they emit a fresh lose pile, the flies see it as dessert.

I hated using fertilizer, and only applied one application.

Oh, no I don't put grape juice in my garden. Guess what's in that jug ???

My Country Vegetable Garden Part 1

I did good, well, compared to last year. I planted my garden a few weeks earlier this year than I did last year.  I am one of those people whose schedule is so full that I sometimes must make time for the important things.

I hope to get the onion planted this week, provided I'm able to find them. (stashed them somewhere)

This weed reminded me of a corn plant; therefore, I allowed it to grow. (it's an early country life flashback, my grand-dad used to plant corn)

I planted a row and a half of lettuce. Only three survived despite constant watering. Blame it on the drought/lack of rain.

My chickens peck the turnips every chance they get. Don't know who's winning, them or the worms.

Sadly, this sweet pea has died since photoed three days ago. I watered and pampered, still didn't help.

The only surviving pea above is not doing well either.I planted an entire row. They didn't live last year either. Couldn't blame it on the chickens this year, they are fenced; and are only out when I allow them.

The sweet potatoes are growing from cut up sprouted potatoes that I had purchased to cook and eat.

I think that I saw on some cooking show that some cultures cook and eat the  leaves. I might look for one of those recipes and try that.(grew up with them and never knew that the leaves were edible) The things that we learn on todays' TV.

I would be totally shocked if these actually produce those round yellow balls before the Fall season.

I planted yellow squash and zuchinni. But these might be cucumbers.(I have a written layout, but didn't reference it for this posting. Oops)

This is the end of part 1 of my garden of 2010. Part 2 is coming shortly, with totally different photos.(but of the same garden)
Oops, I misspelled cantaloupe.

Lets have WATERMELON but not the seeds

Well, actually you can have the seeds in this great project. As part of our team's project, we're making watermelon themed items. I decided to make an apron. Ok, I'll admit that I cheated a little; as I used a fabric panel to create my project.

However, I did use my imagination, as I extended the EXTRA LARGE pocket with complimentary red, black and white fabrics.

As you can see in the above photo; I added lining to the pocket for extra durability. The nice apron can be purchased in my QUILT SALAD SHOP by clicking on this link in my Etsy shop.  The apron will fit a slim to medium sized adult.

Will be nice for cookouts in any season. Great for watermelon lovers.

In re an inquiry about the size of my okra

Lucky me for keeping records of almost everything. After the inquiry about the size of my okra, it wasn't difficult to find the answer to poster, Timeless Beauty's question.

I kept the empty seed packages for all of the vegetables that I planted in my garden this spring. Even though most didn't grow well, I know exactly what I planted and where. I have a map that I didn't post here, showing what went where. Even though when I did the planting, I had never imagined that I would have finally set up my blog, and that someone would inquire about one of my plantings. I love the inquiry, makes me feel like a real gardener. LOL

As shown in the photo, this particular okra grew to about 4 inches. (or 3 inches if you don't count the stem). I pull them before they grow too large and become hard. (Some are smaller when pulled, however, as is shown in the previous post.) The variety is Clemson spineless. I don't know if you are able to read the info on the back of the package, but it says 'best when pods are 4 to 5 inches long. It, also, states that they grow to 7-8 inches long. I would imagine that they would be too hard by then.