Come do my path down the side of my house!

That's great, Jenn! I bet you'll be in pain today - take a nice hot bath! We did our patio and each stone was 85 lbs! Took us a month and half of weekends, so I'm impressed you got all that done! Great job!

Sam, im feeling great, was not sore at all. i was surprised.... i still wonder how much those 3.5' stones weighed. a lady with her husband at the stone yard just stopped and watched me for like a min, then came over and was like i can't believe your lifting that, don't they have help to do that. i was like they do but then i would not be getting my work out in

i don't think i would ever have a month and a half open to do this work, maybe thats why it took 4yrs!!!

cmanding wrote:

If you have any extras, I'll be glad to take them!

Me too!

Looks great Jenn!

first cucumber!


more growing


eggplant starting


massive pumpkins

i might be the only one looking at this.... But in case im not here is a veggie update

much growth has been going on since i started feeding them!


i think its a pumpkin... or a squash


freaking pumpkins are taken over


picking this bad boy sunday for dinner


sweet pepper


Roma tomatoes (maybe if i get enough at the same time i will make Meredith's salsa!)


freaking cherry tomato plant is taller then me!!!! im 5'3" thats a 6' fence.

so far i have gotten 4-5 cucumbers and they have been so tasty as well has a hand full of cherry tomatoes i just eat as is cause they are so good. i hope this does not go to waste when im gone, some friends might get a call to raid my garden in 2 weeks

jbealer wrote:

i hope this does not go to waste when im gone, some friends might get a call to raid my garden in 2 weeks

I'd kindly help raid your garden! lol

Well Kim went and raided my garden but did not get much for some reason my Zucs are going bad/turning yellow and mushy... and my green peppers and sweet peppers are going brown and mushy on the ends, not getting larger then a golf ball before i just take them off. any one know what i might be doing wrong? i have been using fertilizer and watering every other day or when the leaves start drooping. my pumpkin is doing great as are my cucumbers and sherry tomatoes and roma tomatoes. eggplant is to small to know if they will be good or not. i think next yr im just going to buy the plants and not start from seed.... so much work with little reward this season, but my husband did not kill them while i was gone

Len inspired me to take pics of what will soon be ready to pick


only one but its better then last yr!


gourds or butternut squash......


eggplant, wonder when it will be ready, they take forever to grow!


roma tomatoes that might be salsa on monday


and my butterfly bush came back to life after i thought it was a goner in june!!!

I can't wait for squash to be in season...love butternut, spaghetti, kabocha...

I'd have to say gourds as butternuts would be that lite tan color from start to picking. Love how plentiful that Roma tomatoes are.

Death to the Juniper bushes!!!!


now i have more rock to move i had no idea how much room those things were taking up, im gonna have a HUGE garden in the front of the house



picked this bad boy this morning!

jbealer wrote:

Well Kim went and raided my garden but did not get much for some reason my Zucs are going bad/turning yellow and mushy... and my green peppers and sweet peppers are going brown and mushy on the ends, not getting larger then a golf ball before i just take them off. any one know what i might be doing wrong? i have been using fertilizer and watering every other day or when the leaves start drooping. my pumpkin is doing great as are my cucumbers and sherry tomatoes and roma tomatoes. eggplant is to small to know if they will be good or not. i think next yr im just going to buy the plants and not start from seed.... so much work with little reward this season, but my husband did not kill them while i was gone

Do not know if you are still reading this or if you are going to put in another garden. But you can use cleaned eggshells crushed under the rootball of your peppers and tomatoes and this will stop the ends from rotting. And peppers only like to be fertilized when they are planted and then again when they are harvested. You also want to take the flowers off them when they are immature so that the harvest later will have larger size. FYI. Hope this helps with 2013. Also, peppers are finicky about two much water.

thank you Marla, i will try that! not sure if i will go for peppers again this yr.... i did start a new thread for this yr so you can watch that one and offer any tips that you can. i think i need to be better at planting thing together that need more or less water/ food....i kind of just put things in by height and what i could reach to pick!

Look forward to seeing the garden. Every year I try to learn a little more. Gardening is my relaxation if it grows great if not try, try and try again.