day 29

day 29.  i missed a few days, but a lot has happened in that short time.  i planted 6 lambkin melon plants at my friend's house.  i'm thinking maybe i should take another 3 over and add those to the mounds i created.  i mean, where else would i grow them anyways?  numbers 21, 2, 4, 22, 11 & 15 are at his house.  i also gave number 7 to a co-worker of mine.  she's adding it to her garden.  i was finally able to plant at my friend's house because i set up a sprinkler timer and soaker hoses over there.  it was quite a job to till the soil, remove the rocks and plant and mulch everything, but it looks great now!  i'll take some pics & post them tomorrow.  

day 26

actually, i have over-extended myself a little too much this growing season. i wish there were sprinklers watering all of my stuff. and now it is time to harvest some stuff and i don't even have time to do anything with it because i am too busy watering! funny. i think today i will pull up the purple clover. it is almost totally dead. i don't have the gumption to keep hand watering it all season long. and i will harvest all of the lettuce and chard. that will be dinner tonight. there are fresh tomatoes and a pepper at brian's house that need to be eaten. yum! tonight i would like to finish tilling the plot at brian's house too. maybe even get the babies planted! i got drip hoses and a timer so they will be taken care of. i need manure to till into it and the transplant solution from my garden shed. busy garden night!

day 25

day 25. i will be planting 6 of the lambkin melon plants at my bofriend's house. yesterday, which was day 25 (i am writing this a day late), i cleared the junk out of the side yard where i will be planting them. i pruned the tree that partially shades the area so that you could get in there. there were new little trees growing out of it's roots and into the chain link fence. there is a good chunk of it growing through the fence into the neighbor's yard, but i didn't cut that off just in case they wanted it. plus, it does add a bit of privacy. i am wanting to plant something green that will cover the fence to add even more privacy. green and edible. maybe.

day 24

day 24.  look who came to visit my garden! 

day 23

i've decided that i will give some of these away.  i started with my neighbors heather and her son c.j.  they took number 23, which i thought was interesting since it is day 23!  hmmm...  and then i gave number 5 to the other avid gardener in the complex, chelsea.  i am going to try to plant between 4 and 6 plants at my boyfriend's house, but i need permission from his roommate (the owner of the house) first.  i will have to set up an automatic sprinkler system over there if i do that, because i will not be able to water daily.  i think i have the perfect spot, though.  it's on the side of his house and there is a water spicket right there.  it will get some nice shade which is good, because i think our utah summer sun is pretty harsh and i don't know that they would be able to survive it.

day 22

day 22.  they get wilty when i leave them in the hot afternoon sun.  i don't want to do anything to stress them out.  i smelled mildew in the box this morning.  i think i'll spread them out a little... in the shade.

day 21

day 21.  july 15, 2009.