The Hardwick household is definitely picking up pace at the current moment and we have some great DIY projects cooking up. As of right now, we are remodeling our kitchen - DIY style! I am super excited to post when we are done and cannot wait to share it with you. We purchased our house in order to eventually change everything inside, instead of buying one already redone at the same price. So I pretty much loathe all of the interior aspects of our home. We have been slow to take off with major remodeling but we have definitely done quite a bit of projects here and there. I have some more of these little projects I will be posting soon. Meanwhile, here is our fall garden update. Keep in mind that fall here in south Florida is the equivalent to summer everywhere else so please refrain from being perplexed by our summer veggies and fruits - its hotter than Hades here.
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| The photo on the left is from the 14th and the right is from today (the 24th). This is a 10 day growth! |
Here's what we have growing:
Four types of Sweet Corn including ruby red, purple, and two types of white and gold; three types of Yellow Squash; Zucchini; Butternut Squash; Spaghetti Squash; Pumpkins; Luffa Gourds; three types of Eggplants; two types of Sweet Peppers; six types of Hot Peppers; two types of Tomatoes; Sweet Potatoes; Baby Carrots; Black Beans; Red Beans; Purple Beans; Italian Beans; Green Beans; Pickle Cucumbers; Sweet Peas; Seedless Concord Grapes; two types of Strawberries; Garlic; Shallots; Onions; Asparagus; citrus trees; and many types of herbs. Whew!
Excuse the mess in the garden, it has been raining like crazy here so I have not been able to do much weeding and pruning this past week. Besides the occasional flooding in low lying parts of the garden [ I need to buy some dirt =( ] things have been running smoothly. That was until two weeks ago when I had a massive cutworm/inch worm (not sure) infestation. I refuse to use Seven and the organic alternatives did not work in controlling them, so I pick them off daily since they continue to show up daily, but I made a huge dent in them the very first day. However, I feel like I have definitely won the battle thus far.
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| ?? Pickle worm, Cutworm, Inchworm ?? |
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| Nico the Australian Shepherd - A little Fun Fact about Aussies: they are not Australian at all! The breed was actually developed here in the US! No one is 100 percent sure on how this name came about, stories differ. Another nickname for Aussies is Ghost Eyed Dogs, given to them by Native Americans in the 1800s. |
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| My mother and her dog hanging out on the back porch in front of the flowers she bought me as a gift =) |
I'll update again when some of these flowers start producing veggies!
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