The Drape's Garden 2010

It is that time of year again. Actually it is a getting a little late in the season here as summer is almost upon us here in Phoenix.

This year I got off to a late start. I just recently planted some squash, beans and cherry tomatoes.

The reason chose to plant squash and cherry tomatoes because they never fail in our garden. This year I planted the tomatoes and squash around the edges of my garden and focused on planting most of my garden with beans.

I am planting most of my garden in beans for a few reasons. First I want to have a decent crop of beans and since I have a small garden I need to plant a lot to have a good stead crop. I also chose beans because they will be easy for the kids to pick and eat as a quick healthy snack. Finally beans are good for the soil as their roots are good at fixing nitrogen in the soil. They should also produce a good amount of compostable biomass that I can turn right back into the soil and have it break down fairly quickly. Of course this is all theoretical at this point as I have never done this before.

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This Year (2009)

In spring when it comes to the garden hope springs eternal. Even though we have only had marginal success with tomatoes the last 2 or 3 years and no success with watermelons I have dedicated the most space in my garden to these two plants. We have the following plants or seeds planted in our garden this year (so far):

• tomatoes
• bell peppers
• jalapenos
• zucchini squash
• yellow crookneck squash
• watermelons
• radishes
• carrot
• onion
• grape
• navel orange
• passion fruit
• grapefruit - we don't anticpate fruit as this tree is very young
• apple - new - we don't anticipate fruit this year.
• peach - new - we don't anticipate fruit this year.

These are pictures from our garden this year taken after the rain yesterday: