We have a huge yard but the trouble is we don't have a lot of great sunny spots. Our neighbors all have huge trees that shady our yard. So gardening is a challenge. To be honest our backyard is neglected and our front yard gets the most attention. We have done several things out front and someday I will focus on the back. I stick with some of the traditional things that my grandparents did when this was their house. Things like growing tomatos under the frount windows along the foundation of the house. Pat thinks this is totally strange but it is the best spot we have! It bothers him that we grow our "garden" in the front yard but our options are limited!
So this year I have been at the Farmer's Market and have picked up a lot of my plants there. The tomato plants were great and are doing very well. We have an apple tree in the middle of the yard that is getting huge and is loaded with apples! This one tree has 3 different types of apples. It has some black spots on the leaves which I think is apple scab, I guess it is a bad year. I have noticed that a lot of my plants are yellow but I think that it is the lack of sun. So hurry up summer!
My grape vines that line the sidewalk to our house our looking great. Last year was the first year that I actually had grapes. I planted these 6 years ago, it took 5 years to get grapes. But last year we had a lot of grapes and this year it looks like the harvest will double! They are concord grapes which are my favorite! The kids love to squeeze them out of their skin eating only the center of the grape.
