What Gardening Zone Is Maine

Hello Friday… You look beautiful!

I just love a white picket fence… Don't you? I'm really excited to see how tall the sunflowers get this year. I planted the mammoth sunflower seeds so I'm hoping they are in the 8′ – 10′ range. The tall the better if you ask me.

Round 1 of the green beans are looking good…

Our first baby bean!!

And the pumpkin patch is starting to fill out. It rained pretty good here twice this week so everything in the garden is growing like mad.

Here's the latest aerial photo of our garden plot the HH took with his drone. It feels like we put in all those brick borders years ago… but they were only installed a few months ago. Because of the four very distinct seasons, things move quick here in New England… and I like that.

{I think} we have 6 broccoli plants, and two of them are about the size of a fist so far.

And the raspberries are right on schedule.

Getting close.

Companion planting, at it's finest. From left to right: Cucumbers, beets, cilantro, lettuce, basil and tomatoes. I like to pack everything in for two reasons: #1 Because the back of the seed packets lie…. You can plant things MUCH MUCH closer than they tell you to do. And #2 It cuts down on weeds. 🙂

Round 1 of our beets are currently the size of a nickle. I'm planning on putting up a few jars of pickled beets with the first batch once they get a little bigger. The second and third batch of beets I planted should be ready in late fall and we'll roast those when we get some cooler temps.

The tomatoes are coming along… My neighbor has a few of his plants growing in a greenhouse and they are about DOUBLE the size of mine. I'll have to go over there and take some pictures for you… It's always interesting to see how vegetable gardens do from yard to yard.

And check it out… Our first zucchini! This is the costata romanesco variety from Botanical Interests.

Also, the strawberries {and their runners} have gone mad. Poor Lucy though, she hasn't been able to eat a single berry this year because the chipmunks keep beating her to them. 🙁 Poor, poor little puggle.

And last but not least, our current forecast. Yikes!

Luckily though it's a little cooler here than our last house {by about 7 degrees everyday} and the bugs are around 98% less PLUS, as an added bonus, I don't have to wear a puffy coat to garden anymore}. 🙂 Summer, it's here and in full swing. Life is good.

Have a GLORIOUS day everyone,

Keep Calm and Garden On.

~Mavis

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