Time to share the mid-July adventures in the garden! Last week, the view of the patio planters looked like this:
Radishes, lettuce and my sweet potato plant were doing well. I was pretty sure they were safe from roving bunnies and deer because they were so close to the house. Unfortunately, the deer saw the sweet potato plant as part of their salad bar! Sunday morning, the sweet potato plant looked like this:
Two days later, the plant is trying to recover:
Oh well, I tried!
Then we noticed the beet tops. They looked like this last week:
Sunday morning they looked chomped all along one side!
Very frustrating. Several beets had been yanked out of the ground so I cooked them. Yum…really sweet!
The potatoes and Delicata squash were not touched.
Up in the garden on the hill, amazingly, nothing was touched. When you look at the short but sturdy garden fence, we were surprised the deer didn’t just hop the fence for a snack! So far, that hasn’t happened. Maybe the hoses look like snakes.
The lavender continues to fill out:
The tomatoes are doing well:
The carrots have finally started to grow:
The beans are blossoming and making tiny beans!
The Delicata squash is getting huge, with little squashes starting:
And of course, my favorite…Echinacea!!
Bert has now sprayed the sweet potato plant and the beet tops with some deer repellent. We’ll hope it’s enough to deter the deer so the plants can continue to grow!
My beans have blossoms and we’ve had a couple cherry tomatoes.
Those first cherry tomatoes are always delicious!