Veggies in the Making

Good morning garden, how's it growing?

The process of starting this garden has been a long one!  The spring weather was less than accommodating and we got off to a very slow start.  But a little sunshine goes a long way!  Now we are seeing...

tiny tomatoes,

giant bean poles,

rows of radishes,

and climbing cucumbers.

My grandfather-in-law taught me to train them up this way:

Makes for longer cukes and prevents them from getting curvy.  Space saving too!

Here is the secret fertilizer recipe I promised- also courtesy of my g'pa-in- law.

4 oz baby shampoo

12 oz of beer (you should probably take a little swig before you dump it in :)

1/2 cup of molasses

3 T Miracle Grow

Mix all these ingredients in the bottom of a 5 gal bucket, then fill the bucket with water to the top.  Stir it up and pour it over your plants (example: about 1 gal per tomato plant).  Let it soak into the ground and then water as usual.  I use this mixture about every 2 weeks. 

Here's to the fruits of our labors!