Garden!

LOVE the Summer, LOVE the garden!

Here is a picture from...maybe early June.  The garden has grown SO much now that you cannot see the trellis at all!  There are tomatoes  planted on the house side of the garden (see next picture) and they have grown up over the top of the trellis!

Plot #1 (closest to the house)

To the right are the tomatoes (about a month ago).

Beets are on the left, cukes in the back (which have also grown up the trellis now).

Plot #2 (to the back)

Peas (!) on the teepee!

The squash (the corner) has turned into a Little Shop of Horrors - Audrey Jr.  This picture is also from about a month ago.  It is now GIGANTIC.

 From the tree in the back, we played with plants in birdcages (inspired by our Thailand trip).

Only one still hangs from the tree (due to light and difficultly in watering), but all are still in the backyard (5 total).  Here is a shot on the patio:

Also, I picked up this old lamp shade frame!  How pretty are the rain lillies!

The planter to the right I painted to have a rustic feel.  And what pretty pretty foliage - begonias and a Tradescantia.

 Full patio shot!  So pretty :)

S (he is such a smarty!) has also set up an auto-watering system for the garden plots!  OMG it is SO SO AWESOME!  Saves me about 40 minutes in the morning!!

Step 1:  attach a hose splitter to the spicket.  Use one junction for your all-purpose hose and one junction for your watering system.

2: Attach a timer to the watering-system side.  Set timer :)

3: Attach hose & run to/through the garden

4: use soaker hoses for a long even drip watering.  In the image below I have outlined the soaker hoses in pink for easy visability:

 Here is how the hose was cut and attached at different places to make for 6 soaker hose pieces (2 gardens):

The ends of each of the hose parts were then caped: 

You can also make a soaker hose out of an old one by punching small holes throughout.

Yay for gardens and Summer!