Kept Alive and Doing Well - Progress Report #1

A Month and half passed since the last report, and here I am, harvesting Summer Squash like insane person (I really didn't believe what people are talking about - they come in dozens!!!).  You can eat so much squash by myself... try to be a good co-worker and send them to good people in my office to spread the wealth...  So far they don't hate me yet.
Tomato are finally changing colors.  They are doing great job just getting taller and taller - again, I didn't know they grow so tall.  Biggest surprise of them all are.... Peppers!!  I thought I had planted only sweet peppers (green) and guess what!  I think I have green chile in there.  If anyone see this pictures and can tell me whether these are Chili - please let me know...  I don't remember I planted one of those.  Where that came from???
Melons are surprisingly growing in the speedy pace.  It's like - Really?? Yesterday  you are thumb size and today - oh, it is bigger than golf ball......
Anyway, everything I planted, they are OK, folks!!  I have not killed all of them yet.  And they are plenty!!!!
I think this is what "Abundant" means.  I feel good....  Here is the proof!!

I have a second one!!!!

Doing Good!!  Japanese Eggplant

 Yes my flowers are finally blooming.... finally - and summer is almost done....

HONEYDEW!!!!

This has to be Anaheim Pepper, isn't it??? 

And this IS a green pepper, I know... I usually buy them at the store...






OK - the challenge for the month - keep melon alive!!
Well, if anybody catches eye on this, and can tell me about peppers, please let me know.  I love to roast them and eat it, instead of raw putting in the salad, like sweet pepper...
Thanks!!

Another month and Lookie!!!!

Oh, my goodness - Rain and Sun do wonders for the Veges.  I'm so amazed myself with this - Nothing magical about nature, but when I accomplish something like this, it is something magical (first of all, I have not killed anything since May...)  Here is the another month of achievement.... but first, thank the wonderful lady bug for protecting my veges....




Show off time!! Wow, first harvest...  they grew so quick I could not keep up with them.  Isn't this AMAZING????

I made yummy Zucchini Lasagna and Casserole. mmmmmm... goody!  I will take a picture next time.

 Yellow Squash doing great job!!

Eggplant!  Hang in there....  I'll support you till end!!

 Yap - Green peppers are coming out!!

More Squash! and more........ squash!!

Late start, but I grew more confidence to start Spinach....

Tomatoes!!  They are amazing, aren't they???





Honeydews!  Looks like weeds!!  I have some flowers, but I don't know... started to worry.  Can I get some melon this year? or just flowers and nothing else to show???  Well, it is still alive, though...





So here I go - I have not fed any chemicals nor pesticide.  Some of the leaves are eaten by bugs, but doing OK.  I try not to use any chemicals at all this year (I'm afraid I might kill veges...).  Just natural Sun and Waters for my garden.  Hope I get more pictures of wonderful fruits (you know what I mean....).  Keep finger crossed...  Cheers!!

It's alive!!

I was ashamed for a while I couldn't kept all of them alive, but, hey, some of them are still doing great!

Nasty May (cold and pretty rainy all month) was gone, and I thought I killed them all, but - here is the proof.  I planted from seeds for 11 variety veges, and couple of flowers.  Summer squash, Zucchini, two different kinds of tomato, green/sweet peppers, Cucumber, Lettuce, Chives, Basil, Cilantro, then Marigolds and Lavender as flowers.  I planted some flower seeds later that I have no idea what it was, but it started to pop out as weather is getting better.  So, here it is, slow start, but I didn't kill them all.  By the way, I love squash flower - they are gorgeous!!  Now if I keep up with this, do I really get squash??  Somebody told me that it is not too late to plant some spinach.  I might go for that later.
Now let's read up on how to maintain these veges......  I'm doing my best to keep them alive!!

May has come with little snow

I've been trying to plant my Zucchini's for about a week now. And here I am, still fighting with cold weather. Poor little thing - I don't know I can keep it in the little containers anymore. I know I shouldn't be blaming on the weather for killing yet another plants, but it's just not fair - all my good intentions are just blown out with chilled air. It's been raining and snowing on and off, so everything in the yard is getting greener by the minutes, except, my dear poor vegetables. Above is the proof of gloomy outside weather with lots of pretty flowers...  This is as much as I can do for the day.  Oh, bummer...

Oh, I just read on the paper that there is a little organized effort to feed the hungry, by donating extra vegetable you grow, called "Plant a Row for the Hungry" - to support Food Bank of Rockies.  I will try my best to grow extra Zucchinis to do my share.  That will be my incentives not to kill anymore greens.....  Wow, I have a goal now.  Wish me luck!!!

I forgot to show off

I was going to talk about spending money on starters.  Seeds were pretty good prices, including $1 store 4 seed packs for a dollar.  Not bad, I might say...  However!!, if you talk about dirt, dirt are never cheap.  Who came up with the saying about "dirt cheap" prices.... lier...  Those wonderful people at Jiffy and Miracle-Gro must make a fortune from suckers like me. Well, I really like their products, so I shouldn't complain.  And, it is my decision to use these products, & nobody else force me to do it, unfortunately, so I can not blame anybody else. Darn.
Also, I had to look good outside, so I bought this....  New Boots!!  Wonderful Target had a sale!!.  Again, a suburbia sucker talking.  But, those boots itself makes my vegetable grow prettier, right??? Yeah, right.

So now, I'm ready for planting outside.  Dirt is ready, my hat and gloves are ready - and my new boots!!  Com'on Sunshine!!  Stop being cold already!!  I can't wait that 65 degree weather.   I'm ready.

The first cofession

Appropriate day for the first confession.  Happy Earth day, and Easter everyone.  Colorado is little chilly and snow flakes flying around, but I have not killed one plants since I have planted them four weeks ago.  Good effort so far.
Originally, I started this project trying to save some money growing my own vegetables.  After purchasing all starters and seeds, I think I spend more money than actual supermarket prices for veges.  As I stated, I don't have a green thumb in any shape or form.  I killed many, many, many plants - decorative in a house or my front and back yard grass (yeap, it is brown all right).  So, this is really hard for me to challenge myself, whether even I can do this or not.  Last year, I purchased two Tomato plants to plant in the planter (paid $2.50 each).  I think I got one Tomato.
This year, I'm educating myself, bought books/magazines/online articles (yes, I'm spending more money here...) that someday, I will succeed.  I can do this - not that I will have a farmer's market type of produce, but I will have more than one Tomato in the yard.  That will be my goal. Help me sunshine, help me rain and help me earth...  I will return green thing (other than weeds) back to your home.
Hope you see me succeed... I'll post update periodically, so I can provide you with evidence of not killing another plants....  Thanks for your support...