It's been awhile

I've been very busy with end of the year activities for my preschool and my children's school.  Have been neglecting my blog, but not my plants.  

I was worried that I had hurt my squash plants by transplanting them.  I was wrong!  They are all thriving and we have a couple babies!!!

Photos taken today.  

 

Another one on the way I think! 

Yesterday my class surprised me with the incredible gift of a Eureka lemon tree in a wonderful hand painted terra cotta pot. 

I just love it! They also included a gift card to Wegman's Nursery, which I already used. Photos coming soon of my new additions.  

More Sunflowers

I am so honored to be raising 2 new sunflowers....gifted to me yesterday by my dear friend Emmy and her son Sammy, who is in my class.

These little sproutlings came from sunflowers from Emmy's mom's sunflowers.  Emmy's mom recently passed away. 

Photo by Emmy

Laurie http://www.almanacnews.com/obituaries/memorials/laurie-nienkerk?o=2053 was a wonderful gardener with incredible gardens that Emmy and her sons helped her tend.  These sunflowers are a legacy to her, and like I said before, it is such an honor to be entrusted with two of these babies to raise in her memory. 

Pregnant?

Happy squash plants this morning.  This morning I pollinated the female blossom with a second male blossom.  What a hoochie my little lady squash blossom is! Not sure if that was a good idea or not, but I did it, and I am noting it here.  

I hope my squash gets pregnant more easily than I did!  :)  I can smile about that now.   

Crossing my fingers for my first successful SQUASH.  

Love, 

Squash Pimp 

The Pits!

I've been rooting avocado pits since March 3.  I have 5 currently suspended in water.  Today two of them are going into the dirt. 

#1:

#2:

Change of plans. Just read that the pit needs a stem which is 7-8" high before transplanting into dirt.  Back to the garden window my little pits in water go! 

I planted the Dixie cup full of grass my son brought home from school last week instead.  :) 

May 18:

Awoke to open blossoms!

The female (small male blossom next to it still closed)

But!!!  I have two male blossoms on another plant!!!

Check out the difference in the female and the male parts!  I am learning so much about these sexy little plants!  

I learned from my cousin, Tyson Budd, who is a professional chef, and therefore knows his squash, that I can pollinate my own blossoms to increase chances of getting squash.  So I did just that this morning....

Choosing my male STUD blossom

Introducing the male to the female...I am such the SQUASH PIMP!

Squash Sex!  :) Pollinating the female squash blossom by rubbing the male squash blossom on it.
Naughty squash love so early in the morning! 

Left the male on top of the female...and left them alone to bask in the afterglow.

Tee Hee!  ;)

May 17:

I came from school on Friday afternoon to see this:

I am pretty sure I have a male blossom (on the stalk) and a female blossom (the one with the little bulbous part under it).  I was so excited!!!!  

Early May:

Looking good!!!

Second week of May I began to worry about the size of the plants, and if the container I had them in was big enough to keep them healthy.   Kathy felt there would be too many roots in this container for the plants to be able to take in enough water during the coming summer.

So I set about transplanting two of the squash plants to new containers.  I did that on Mother's Day.

One squash, one artichoke, and one unidentified bean plant

Happy newly transplanted squash.  Beautiful blossom!