Stuff's a grow'n!!

Well, its been an up and down spring so far. We had barely just recovered from the visit from Joan and Roger, Dick and Marilyn and Shirley, when we were re-invaded by Nicole and baby (with a name which sounds like Deck-Land, not sure about spelling, just over 1 yr) and Deb and Quin (2 yrs). Needless to say the house got clean, and then got dirty again. More on all of that forth coming in another post.

However, Dad is more proud of the stuff growing around the house. The sweet corn in the front has just started poking up from the dirt. The corn in the back-front is doing great, and is several inches tall already. The red noodle were planted and are coming up nicely, I imagine they will find those corn stalks and get a climbing. Maybe this week or next the squash will go in, and then the first set of three sisters will be complete. Other than that, sunflowers are coming up, the hops are up and the irises look wonderful. Ohh, and the roses are blooming as well as the claret cup cactus. (luckily the allergies have bloomed and are moving on, as well as the spring chest colds)

 

 

This is the front sweet corn just starting to pop their heads up. The two biggest plants so far are right by the brick under torben's foot. (this was taken by the monkey himself)

This is the back-front corn, ignore the lilac in the foreground.

Torben adds some ham to the corn.

A better shot of the corn showing height, and the four rows. There is a soaker hose in their as well. Ohh, and don't forget about the monkey in there too.

A close-up of the corn and the bean plants in between the corn stalks. They should be getting ready to ride the corn fairly soon!

On a slightly sour note, the cutworms got our early greens and beets. Everything was looking good, and then some little mowers came through. Next year I will plant later, or try the spray I got this time.

More on the other visits in the near future.....