Patio Garden Update

Well I thought it was time for another installment of "Justin's Patio." I am leading with this picture because I think it is really neat. I love the way my impatiens are thriving, and beginning to spill over the sides of my planters.

The impatiens started going really well early on when I moved them to a place to avoid the morning sun, but I was still having issues with sections of the planters until I added the water globes. They work, and they are really helping my plants, I would like a few more, I will see if I can find them at the Goodwill again. 

Okay, so my strawberries are small, actually they are bigger than they used to be however they do taste like strawberries so I say, "WIN!" They are Ever-bearing Ozark Strawberries, they are beginning to come in stronger and faster as it gets warmer. According to the "direction" June should be my strongest month. Right now my goal is to pick the ripe berries and keep the leads thinned. I need the plant to focus on producing fruit, not vines. It is the trimming of the vines that will help them to grow strongly even this, the first year. 

I have Marigolds that are growing much better than these, however I am spotlighting them because I got them on the 89 cent rack at Lowes and most of the plants didn't have flowers, now given time this bucket should look like an explosion of orange and yellow, it has been a few weeks but they are finally looking comfortable in their own bucket... even willing to grow a little. 

I know they can be hard to pick out among all the other colors but check out my Waxy Begonias. They were also from the 89 cent rack at Lowes, I might transplant them again if I can find another steel bucket for cheap. I am excited about the way they turned out, some of the plants didn't even have one flower, now they are thriving. I love Begonias and I don't care who knows it, if I had some ground they would surely be my cover. 

These are my potatoes, okay so they may be a little hard to see, so take a look at the up close shot. I am begging God to bring some flowers to my red potatoes, I mean it is about time they are HUGE tall like freakin Yao Ming... are potatoes even supposed to be that tall? we will see, I didn't take pics of the back, but one plant has been snapped off under wind, I have since started tying them up.

 

These are my peppers, I started them from seeds, and it seems like they have taken forever, I am probably going to plant them on Friday or Saturday, and I will have an entire post about it, since I built a self watering container for them.  

The whole shebang... hope you enjoyed!!!