Gardening

My Hubby built a Raised Bed for me to try my hand in a Vegetable garden.
The bed is 8 feet long by 3 1/2 feet wide.
All planted from seeds.
The only thing is that I misjudged just how big some of these get.
As you can see the Zucchini Plant is bigger then I thought is would be,
and has taken over much more space then I thought it would.
The following is how my bed is layed out:

Tomatos
Green Beans
Tomatos
Lettuce
Crookneck
Squash
Crookneck Squash
Lettuce
Zucchini
Sugar Baby
Watermelon




Opened and ready for pollination 6-30-2006
Pollinated about 5 females with the male I pulled apart.
Hope it works!!!!


So pretty when open! 6-30-2006

Came home 2 days later and found something new!! 7-02-2006

Looking great!! 7-02-2006

Largest one about a foot long!! 7-2-06 and yes, only 3 days old!

My Sugar Baby Watermelon has a baby on it!! Boy did everything grow while I was away for 2 days!

My oh My !!

Even my Crookneck squash had a surprize for me!!

First pickin's (7-03-2006)


YUM...looks like dinner tonight!


Not a bad size!! And the dog thinks it looks yummy too!!


~Sugar Baby Watermelon has more flowers~

ok...yes, it's another shot of my Sugar Baby Watermelon.

Yes a Bee was ACTUALLY looking at me ...lol.

Then it's friend joined him.

My Zucchini plant is going to take over my backyard, I just know it!!

 

I have learned alot about pollintion and 'helping' mother nature alittle along the way.
the following are pictures of self pollition and helping the bees do thier work!!

Male Zucc Flower: Notice the SINGLE Stamen
Female Zucc Flower: Notice the CLUSTER of Stigma
Helping Mother Nature, (Yes thats a bee in there too!!)
A Mutant Crookneck squash, I helped TOO much on this one!!
It's a double that has sprout from a sindle female flower.

On to 2007 season!!

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