How does your garden grow?

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Exciting news from the pond. We have a resident frog!!
No idea, where he came from - but there he was this morning:

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How cool is that??! :D
 
^ That's wicked, glo!

Does your pond contain any small fish? It might try to eat them!
 
Ali. said:
^ That's wicked, glo!

Does your pond contain any small fish? It might try to eat them!
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No, we have no fish.
We are hoping for this to become a wildlife pond, rather than an ornamental pond. Although I wouldn't mind a couple of little sticklebacks.

The frog is much smaller than it appears in the picture. Only a couple of inches long, or so.
 
Cool. You better get some food for it to eat before it hops away again then, if you want it to stay.
 
Ali. said:
Cool. You better get some food for it to eat before it hops away again then, if you want it to stay.
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I'm afraid he's a wild animal, and he will have to find his own food. I am sure he is quite able to ... :)
 
Re: Pond update.

Peace Glo,

Your garden pond is coming along very nicely. As for our garden, I am about to go out and snap a few photos of it and post them here. We have eaten some of the collard greens that we have in the garden and will soon have yellow summer squash to eat. :D

Salam
Barb

 
MustafaMc said:
I plan to get some of the composted gin trash to use as a mulch around our tomatoes and peppers.
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BTW I did put gin trash around our tomatoes and peppers, but unfortunately, it killed most of them.:cry: Apparently, it had not finished breaking down and "went through a heat". This past weekend, I brought a Compost Tumbler from my sister's house that she was not using. Insha'Allah we will use it to finish composting the gin trash and our grass clippings.
 
Wow sister glow...
it seems a lot of hard work has been put into that...
wow! im amazed!

i love all the greenery :o(
unfortunately our garden has no greenery! whats the point of having a garden with nothing green in it.
i call it the suana cos its made out of contemporary wood apparently (according to my parents since it was designed by them) since when does wood become contemporary????????

i think i have been too polite and let them take over my garden i will change some things aeound this summer Insha'Allah and whenever they visit i'll blame the change on damage caused by strong winds or something :o$
 
glo said:
Exciting news from the pond. We have a resident frog!!
No idea, where he came from - but there he was this morning:

DSCN3905-1.jpg


How cool is that??! :D
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK!!!!!!!!!
:enough!::enough!::enough!::enough!:
actually on seeing that i think i'll stick to my non green garden.
 
Here is the latest photo of our veggie garden. A couple nights ago we had summer squash and green beans for dinner, Insha 'Allah tomorrow I will be blanching and freezing squash.

A photo Mustafa took of our garden last weekend

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MashaAllaah, awesome garden, I love gardening:thumbs_up but by the gardner, not by myself..:X

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MuslimahBarb said:
Here is the latest photo of our veggie garden. A couple nights ago we had summer squash and green beans for dinner, Insha 'Allah tomorrow I will be blanching and freezing squash.

A photo Mustafa took of our garden last weekend

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glo your garden is nice too, and it seems that the frog is having a good time in the hot summer...

glo said:
Exciting news from the pond. We have a resident frog!!
No idea, where he came from - but there he was this morning:

DSCN3905-1.jpg


How cool is that??! :D
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Eeman said:
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK!!!!!!!!!
:enough!::enough!::enough!::enough!:
actually on seeing that i think i'll stick to my non green garden.
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Oh, Eeman, the frog is beautiful, really! :D
Such a delicate, fragile creature.

I haven't caught it or touched it - but I like to look at it.
How wonderful God's creation is! :statisfie
 
Barbara and Mustafa, your garden looks wonderful!
Isn't it a joy to eat your own grown vegetables?

The last week here in the UK was very wet and rainy, but not too cold - perfect weather for the courgettes, cucumbers and tomatoes, but also the soft fruit.

The raspberries are coming to their end now; we've had the first runner beans; and we are still waiting for the tomatoes to ripen ...

We had a lovely gooseberry tart last weekend, and there are enough gooseberries left for more ... :)
 
This is a photo of a courgette flower. Isn't it beautiful?
The flowers are edible and can be stuffed - but they don't stay open for long.
This one is already starting to close now, only a few hours after I took the picture.

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I believe you call it zucchini in the US, Mustafa (as indeed we do in Germany).

And yes, it is related to squashes, marrows and pumpkins.
You can tell by the flower and the leaves, can't you?
 

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