Monday, June 14, 2010

My Garden!

I grew up in Ohio. You go in your back yard and rototiller your yard, plant your seeds and the garden grew. NOW, I have been in FL for four years!!! FOUR!! This is the first year I grew a garden. Wow. I was worried about the difficulty. My entire yard was sand and the sun. I started out by a small garden. By adding a lot of soil and mixing it with sand the plants grew!

I was amazed so I added more and more....
This is Oregano. My second batch...I already used the entire plant and it regrew.
This is my basil plant. It was a massive tree. It started growing flowers. I cut the entire bush down to the bottom. I dried most of the basil and the rest went to homemade pesto.
NOW, this is my most prized plant. The ten foot tomato plants!!! They grow to the roof of my house and then bend down. I literally had to tie them with zip ties to the screen of my porch! INSANE! Has anyone every seen anything that crazy?!
I grew three types of tomato: The Beefsteak Tomato

Cherry Tomato
Roma Tomato....My favorite. I love to make salsa with these babies! I also like to slice them very thin and use them as a pizza topping...mmmmhhhh

I planted lots and lots and lots of green beans.

This is for my Alexandra...She asked me to plant Sunflowers. She was working on the letter "S" in preschool and she tried Sunflower Seeds. Alex loved them and begged to plant some sunflowers. She helped me. They are now 10 feet tall. It is amazing a few months ago they were little seeds.
Beautiful sunflower that is the size of Alexandra's head.
They are about ten feet tall....As you can tell.... Cucumbers, but I have not seen any blooms...YET!
Watermelon BLOOMING!!!!!


More tomatoes....

This is Brussel Sprouts...They are turning out beautiful. Can't wait.

Jalapenos!!! A MUST in my house!!! My husband drinks with them in his beer!!! It was a Bobby Flay trick that my husband fell in love with

I want to THANK Diana Bauman from A Little Bit Of Spain in Iowa. You are truly inspiration. I am honored to call you a friend. Thank you!

15 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, you just made me cry! Everything is beautiful Miranda!! You have a natural green thumb! Just wait until next year's season, I'm sure you'll start doubling the space, lol!! I'm honored to call you a friend! Big HUGS!!!!

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  2. Thank you, Diana! For everything. Your blog, posts, advice and friendship! THANK YOU

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  3. I am jealous! I miss my yard in Dallas- one day, one day-

    Is that jalapeno trick not the bomb!

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  4. I want to grow tomatos, but sadly don't any backyard. I wish I did. One day.

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  5. Your tomatoes look amazing!! I live in South Florida...I know herbs do well in the summer, but will the tomato continue even when it gets very hot in Aug and Sept? Did you start them from seed? Thanks for sharing...I always like to see what other Floridians are growing. I grow in containers and also use the square foot gardening method.

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  6. Maranda my babygirl is growing a garden too! Her and Papa planted it a couple of months ago and she's been tending it all by herself. She loves it and I'm loving all the fresh herbs I have now. You really have a garden, very impressive!
    ~ingrid

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  7. Ooops, sorry Miranda! Typo!
    ~ingrid

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  8. Awesome garden! It's been a great growing season for me so far as well. When you get a chance come stop by my backyard. http://thefoodaddicts.com/our-garden/

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  9. Miranda...how I envy you...beautiful and healthy tomato plant and your sunflowers are really tall...hahaha 10 feet tall...that is tall man ! and I love the jalapenos...mmmm I can imagine your pizza topping with your roma tomatoes and jalapenos...here is me wishing you happy gardening since it is summer now :)

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  10. Beautiful garden, I am so jealous! How do you deal with the bugs. I tried a few herbs last year and had big problems with flies and spiders.

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  11. WOW! The difference between Florida and Vermont - We had a fire in the wood stove this afternoon. Lovely garden you have there,

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  12. Oh wow! Your garden's amazing. I'm living in a condo in Singapore. One of the many facilities in our community is a Vege Garden, where residents put together their efforts to plant Chillies, Pandan Leaves, Spring Onions etc. I like the spirits here :)

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  13. What a great little garden you have :) Where in Ohio are you from? I was born in raised in Northwest Ohio :) One year my dad planted tomato plants and they grew as tall as yours. It must have been something in the water that year...

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  14. Such a flourishing and healthy garden...you truly put me to shame! Isn't it such a sense of pride to use your own garden fresh herbs, fruits and veggies. I luv it...so inspired to add more. Inspiring post - thx for sharing.

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