a blog by Teresa Soule and Garden Shoes Online
We have been really enjoying the gardening so far this year.
We have had great weather up until the past week or so.
We have returned to cold wet weather all this week.
I’ts nice for a change, but everything that was parched is now quenched so the sun and warm weather can return now as far as I am concerned.
These black pansies are a treat.
I had never seen them before so I of course had to get them when I stumbled on to them.
The other night my husband and I made tomato cages out of bamboo sticks and this great twine covered wire I found at Michaels. It works great for holding the sticks together and gives sturdy support to the plants all while appearing rustic.
I like the looks of these better than those old tomato cages.
I will see how well they work on the tomatoes this year. I only used these for the pepper plants last year. They worked well for those but of course tomato plants can be so wiry and heavy … I will see.
We also added a large trellis for the zuchinni and the cucumbers that we are growing vertically this year. Actually we just put four wood trellis that I purchased onto the fence horizontally to make one big trellis. Screwing them into the posts of the fence leaves a nice space behind them for circulation as well as for the plants to fit into easily with their abundant veggies they are going to provide to us all summer long.
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June 11th, 2010 at: 1:44 am
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June 11th, 2010 at: 4:39 am
Love the paving.
Lushe
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June 11th, 2010 at: 6:11 am
Love your fire pit/conversation area, it’s very inviting! Also your “garden experiments” mantra, words to live by-enjoy!
June 11th, 2010 at: 7:20 am
We could use a little of the cooler weather here. The bamboo cages do look much better than the metal ones that we use.
June 11th, 2010 at: 7:21 am
What a neat idea for the tomatoes, you will have to tell us how well it works. We use the cages in our garden, so ugly. Everything looks wonderful this Friday. Have a great weekend.
June 11th, 2010 at: 8:26 am
Very pretty flowers in upstate New York! And I love your little kitty in the last post. And the milk box! Well, I used to get my milk in one of those for the longest time. It came in glass jugs and tasted better than it does now in the plastic. You could also leave a note if you needed anything extra like butter or chocolate milk. You woke up early and magic…it was waiting for you!! Loved it and miss it!
June 11th, 2010 at: 8:41 am
Hi Teresa,
You have a nice place. I love your patio area. Those plant supports look cool. I look forward to seeing how they do.
We’re having highs in the 80s, and lots of rain.
Thanks for visiting my blog, and telling me the name of my yellow blooms. The amsonia with narrow leaves is the hubrichtii. The bigger one is taberdemontana. (I may be off on the spelling, but if you look them up, the correct spelling will pop up.)
June 11th, 2010 at: 11:30 am
Everytime I see someone’s clematis that is BEAUTIFUL I get so jealous. This is my first year and they’re just not growing and blooming fast enough…. gardening is definitely a lesson in patience. I’ve got tomatoes, pumpkins and zucchini plants on the deck. Hoping I can get them go grow horizontally. The tomato sure looks like it wants to stand up lol
June 11th, 2010 at: 2:53 pm
Love the picture at the beginning of your post,sunset with a nice little fire.We are always so busy around here, haven’t had a chance for a fire yet….sigh:(
The wood teepees do look better than the wire cages , hope they work: And so glad Scout found a good home, he’s soo cute!Enjoy your weekend!
June 11th, 2010 at: 7:58 pm
Thanks for visiting my blog. I love your rustic tomato tepees. Your black pansy, dianthus and rose campion are some of my favorites!
June 12th, 2010 at: 1:05 am
love the seating area with the firepit and four red chairs. looks like a wonderful place to hang out with family. i am so glad you are enjoying the garden this year. it will be interesting to see if you like the bamboo and twine cages…keep us posted.
love the vintage box with flowers. of course the kitten is so cute…so happy someone in your family gave it a good home.
happy june.
June 14th, 2010 at: 11:43 pm
oh how I wish my gardens were as far along as yours!!! Just gorgeous…been reading all the other posts as well….and it is just so nice to look at the beautiful photos you post!
thanks for joining in this week!