Here are some pictures showing the growth.  We've been working on getting the yard cleaned up and looking spiffy again.  Thankfully, we finally got rain so things aren't so dry. On the right side of the garden, it looks like there still isn't enough light - that is the trellis row Phil planted with watermelons.  Hopefully they will get moving soon, otherwise, we have to keep our hope in the mounds we planted of watermelon in the back. Only one plant died - a habenero, and I have no reason to explain it?  Very weird.  I'm hoping to pick up another plant or two to take its place.  The tomatoes and sweet peppers are coming along great, as are the peas, pole beans, trellised pumpkins, bush beans, beets, and the mound pumpkins.  Do carrots take a long time?  I'm pretty sure they do, but they are just now popping out.  No news from the potato patch yet, but we did plant them pretty deep. Kaitlyn's corn is coming along nicely, as is the rest of "her garden".  Amanda's is … [Read more...]