Monthly Avatar Theme August 2013: Your Garden in August. Part 2

camprn wrote:Rooster your garden looks very good!  

(lucky for me it's dark  )

unit649 wrote:I got a late start with my new SFG, and my seeds were only planted on June 11th.  All were heirlooms and I  had several volunteer Tommy Toe Tomato plants, which I transplanted 2 into my new garden.  I have battled bacterial Septoria Leaf Spot, Mexican Bean Beetles, Cucumber beetles, spider mites and aphids.  But the garden is coming along.  I have only harvested cucumbers and a couple of tomatoes so far, but there is lots of blooms, a small watermelon and cantaloupe.  So I just hope that I have time to harvest my little babies.
Madge

Here is my new SFG on June 13th.


And here it is on August 1st.

unit649 wrote:sanderson, thank you.  SFG certainly does work, and I can't wait for the harvest to come in.

southern gardener, I appreciate the kind words.  I have the recommended 1/3 mix of compost, verciculite, and peat.  I was very lucky to find some great compost at a local garden center, which comes from our central KY horse farms.  I was able to get a truck load for $25, so that is what I went with.  I will try to add the other 4 types of compost next year, but this is really working well so far.  I love the cattle panel arches also.  I am so glad that I found out about them on here.  I hope to add one more soon.
Madge