Comments on: Summer Garden Photos: Before and After

By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:49:24 +0000

Hi Liz!

That’s true — things change quite a bit from year to year. I wish I would have taken photos of the “real before” of the side garden — it was nothing but weeds with a bit of lawn thrown in

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By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:48:04 +0000

Thanks, Gardenmom! It is amazing how it fills in. And I need a reminder of it come spring, because I still (after all these years of gardening…) overplant because those babies look so scrawny when they first go in

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By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:46:55 +0000

Hi Chookie!

Growing it was fun, but it will be really nice to actually get to eat some — hopefully next year. The squirrels ate every ear of our corn this year, right before it was ready to harvest Must think of some way to protect it better next year!

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By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:45:48 +0000

Hi Kerri!

So sorry to hear that you’re dealing with late blight. We’ve been lucky that it hasn’t reached us here in Michigan, though I heard reports that it’s now reached Ohio. I had some plants with Septoria this year, but that was nothing compared to what you gardeners on the East Coast are dealing with!

Thanks for the kind words about the garden. It looks tidier than it really is, though

By: kerri

kerri — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:19:37 +0000

Great series of photos. It’s neat to see the changes. Amazing how fast things grow. Your tomatoes look beautifully healthy, unlike ours, which have late blight. Your veggie garden is a thing of beauty. If ours was smaller it would be easier to keep neat and tidy. Perhaps hubby will listen to me next year, and remember that there are just two of us!!

By: Chookie

Chookie — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:20:38 +0000

Wow, fantastic change there! Very appetising. I can’t wait to grow sweet corn again!

By: Gardenmom29

Gardenmom29 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:11:10 +0000

Wow, it is amazing how much stuff fills in, isn’t it? I need to do better time lapse photos like that next year. I am leaving my corn stalks up to dry in place, and then using the stalks for fall decor. Did rip my beans out though. Planted collard greens where my pepper plants were. Cool veggie garden!

By: liz

liz — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:39:47 +0000

Great photos, I too love comparing photos, especially from year to year. You never quite realise just how much things change!!

I recently looked back on mine from when we moved in over a year ago, and things have changed so much.