Vegetable Gardening 

The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses!

It Is 2005

2005 Underway2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

It was designated:

The Year of the Volunteer by the UK government
The World Year of Physics
The International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism.
The Year of Cork City as European Capital of Culture.
The Year of the Veteran in Canada.

The Liles household is busy preparing for the summer garden.  Hands and knees forming the beds for the little babies.

Join us to watch them grow throught the summer.


Closeups

Seeing and smelling the different vegetables make life interesting!

Blueberries
Blueberries ripening on the bushes
Squash
Baby crookneck squash about to become dinner
Onions
Onions
Corn
Corn will be available in about 30 days!
Baby grapes
Baby grapes forming
Green beans
String beans begin their climb to the top

Preparations & Underway

The preparations are a lengthy process as we have to get rid of last years leftovers, search for weeds, roto-till the ground and add whatever soil amendments we deem proper.
Garden Grapes are going strong String beans are ready to jump six feet Blueberries now protected from the birds

The Garden Grows...

It looks lik a forest of steel but in a few weeks the support disappear and it looks like a tomato forest!

Tomato cages ready to receive
Tomato support forest
Squash getting big!
Getting taller everyday!
Grapes have reached the top of the wall
Grapes have reached the top... time to trim!
Back wall disappearing
The wall slowly disappears
The pool is surrounded
The pool is surrounded
Other guardians at work
Other little guardians at work

Growing Like Mad

During the growing season there are days when one can go to the yard and listed to the vegetables grow.  String beans grow six inches a day and squash can go crazy in a day.
   Composter at work Forest of tomato supports Squash on its way Did you see the butterflies?