Mammoth Sunflowers In The Garden

 

Spraying pesticide on the sunflower.

Very tall Mammoth Sunflowers.

We decided to plant a few Mammoth Sunflowers in the garden this year.  Look that these giants!  They're taller than my husband, who's 5'11.  Wow!  I can't wait to see how huge their flowers would be. It is going to be a very exciting summer gardening.

 

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Vegetable Garden 2022 First Harvest

 

Japanese Eggplant

 

 

 

It is delightful to see our vegetable garden is looking great this year.  As you know, we haven't been getting any luck with our garden in the last three years.  So this year's harvest is pretty much a delight.  

This is the only eggplant I have this year, and it is doing fantastic.  The bell peppers, jalapeños, and the banana pepper are looking great as well.  We shared some peppers to the neighbors last night.  I used the remaining ones for my stir-fry. :)

Peppers

 

We also tried planting some tomato varieties this year.  I will tell you more about it in my next post.  

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My First-Time Vegetable Container Gardening

We thought of having a vegetable garden in the backyard again this year after two years of stopping it due to heavy nut grass problem.  My dear husband had treated the soil and left it untouched for two years.  Surely no nut grass came back within those times.  So this Spring we bought some starter plants of tomatoes and eggplants. I planted okra seeds and long beans seeds, too. Unfortunately, none of the starter tomatoes were growing.  Instead, they were drying up.  The okra seeds germinated but they just stopped growing. Only the long beans are currently improving their growth.  The eggplants are not doing good either.  It's very frustrating and disappointing. 

I decided to try vegetable container gardening so I bought a potted tomato plant as a start.  I found this one at Walmart and, so far, it is doing great.  It is now bearing fruits.  But only one has grown and ripened so fast that I had to pick it before the spoiled birds devour it.  This is very good in salads and soups.  There are four little fruits now so hopefully they will grow and ripen at the same time soon.

If you haven't tried vegetable container gardening, now is the time to do so. I am also a beginner like you and I want to learn more.

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Wordless Wednesday: Fresh Produce From The Garden

Yours truly with a bag filled with fresh produce from
the humble vegetable garden of my dear friend.