Life on a family farm
in the wilds of
Upstate New York
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Grinning in the Garden
Do click for comparative largeness
My garden is small and crowded, but I have a lot of fun with it. These giant sunflowers are volunteers that I let go among the beans and sweet corn. As you can see my model was more than a trifle reluctant to participate in this particular comparison (Coulda been the nettles).
BTW the model is six feet tall under normal circumstances and six one with those big boots.
Jan, lol, I let them go almost anywhere they want to sprout. It is so much fun in the fall when the little chickadees and blue jays come to eat the seeds. There are always a couple of the little multibloom ones by the porch and the chickadees come right on in.
WW, I was lucky enough to have an amateur seed breeder from down by Rhinebeck give me seeds he bred for huge sunflowers a few years back. They are amazing!! I haven't planted any in a couple of years. They just keep volunteering....and then, whenever anybody finds a pile of nicely composted manure they bring me a skid steer bucket or wheelbarrow for the garden. I even got composted manure for mother's day. lol
11 comments:
It looks very lush and inviting :)
those are freeking tall! tell alen that they are plants he is human he still wins. :) hi btw.
HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! Now THAT is a garden. Love the look on his face....priceless!
Linda
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Nita, thanks, it is crowded because that is all the ground I have been able to get worked up. We get quite a lot of stuff off it though.
Kegan, they are tall! I am hoping the storms don't break them all down. I have already lost two big ones.
Dani, lol, yeah, that
Linda, He was grumping because I wouldn't let him stand in my beans to be photographed. It was wet and I didn't want him to touch them.
I feel bad that I didn't encourage some volunteer sunflowers among the beans. The little birds are not happy with me.
Wow! You must use some mighty rich compost! Spectacular!
Wow...those are tall sunflowers beside a tall son-flower;)
Jan, lol, I let them go almost anywhere they want to sprout. It is so much fun in the fall when the little chickadees and blue jays come to eat the seeds. There are always a couple of the little multibloom ones by the porch and the chickadees come right on in.
WW, I was lucky enough to have an amateur seed breeder from down by Rhinebeck give me seeds he bred for huge sunflowers a few years back. They are amazing!! I haven't planted any in a couple of years. They just keep volunteering....and then, whenever anybody finds a pile of nicely composted manure they bring me a skid steer bucket or wheelbarrow for the garden. I even got composted manure for mother's day. lol
Linda, lol, I am going to tell him you said that!
He may be reluctant but he's sure cute :0)
I can smell the green. Lordy I wish I had a garden. If it weren't for my brothers, I'd be frantic for late summer garden smells.
The best on this sweet earth.
Cathy, he was ticked because there were nettles. lol And I love being in a garden as well, sounds, sights, scents, tastes....it is all good.
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