Veggie garden in with ornamentals

Nice, very nice … and delicious too!!! :-)

What zone are you gardening in??

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

I does look quite lush!
Would be interesting to know your zone!! :-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

great story.
Love the look of your gardens. The layout is interesting – not just rectangles or rows, is it.
The plants look really healthy. Impressive.
Can’t wait to see more

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

All your plants seem big and healthy.You should get a great harvest there.Nice job.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Thanks everyone. I live in the central valley of California. It’s is the heartland of many crops. I was the agriculture advisor for the local 4-H kids here and taught lots of kids to cultivate a garden. This project is really just a work in progress I call it defer maintence, for all the years I worked long hours and just didn’t have the time. It is my passion and I had forgotten how it makes me feel. I couldnt believe the success rate of my seeds in the green house. I use goat manure for fertilizer that has alfafa meal from the goats crushing it as they eat. We are high in salt in this area so I was a little afraid to use it but it’s working beautiful. I’m zone 14 in the western garden book, and zone 9 on the USDA. I hope that helps. I can’t wait to read more about what you’re all up too. I never expected messages back so soon. Again thanks so much and I’ll keep posting pictures. I must say my little gate with cucumbers of all kinds is my favorite little spot.

Your garden looks like it’s a lot of fun to tend—-you know it’s very addictive. (but you already know that)

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

How does the heat down there affect your watering schedule?

I was wondering how you manage being out of most of the day.

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

it’s busy in the garden this time of year when the temps reach 110. I actually love my job so much it’s easy to be out there. I work in the nursery and really enjoyed that. I’m so lucky to have gotten to work at my passion for so long.

Your experience really shows in your gardens.Especially to be so lush in that kind of heat.Congratulations on your gardens.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

I like the combination of ornamentals and vegetables. Well done. Actually, I find any of the veggies have really neat flowers. Some of them are even edible themselves. Some of the flowers are edible as well. Just don’t plant datura or brugmansia with them LOL

-- jroot

It is so fun to come home from work to fine ripe fruit and veggies waiting for me.