Pics of my 2013 Gardening Season in NJ.
 

Hello Tomatoville,

Here are some pics of my 2013 gardening season so far here in Clifton, NJ.

[ATTACH]36720[/ATTACH] David Austin "Heritage" Rose Bush.

[ATTACH]36721[/ATTACH] Old Rose "Alba Maxima" (aka Jacobite's Rose) blooming.

[ATTACH]36722[/ATTACH] Unknown Rose variety in my garden.

[ATTACH]36723[/ATTACH] "Angel Face" Floribunda Rose Bush.

[ATTACH]36724[/ATTACH] "Golden Marguerite Kelways" aka "Dyer's Chamomile."

[ATTACH]36725[/ATTACH] Ladybug hanging out on the "Rosita Eggplant" early in the morning.

[ATTACH]36726[/ATTACH] Ladybug hanging out on the "Rosita Eggplant."

[ATTACH]36727[/ATTACH] Catepillar on the Dill herb plant.

[ATTACH]36728[/ATTACH] Catepillar on the Dill herb plant.

[ATTACH]36729[/ATTACH] Lilies in the garden blooming.

[ATTACH]36730[/ATTACH] Flowering Stuttgarter Onion in the raised garden bed.

[ATTACH]36732[/ATTACH] Heirloom "Grandpa Ott's" Morning Glories.

[ATTACH]36733[/ATTACH] Heirloom "Grandpa Ott's" Morning Glories.

[ATTACH]36734[/ATTACH] Heirloom "Grandpa Ott's" Morning Glories growing up the wigwam.

[ATTACH]36735[/ATTACH] David Austin "Heritage" Rose Bush blooming again.

[ATTACH]36736[/ATTACH] David Austin "Heritage" Rose Bush.

[ATTACH]36737[/ATTACH] "California Dreamin" Rose Bush.

[ATTACH]36738[/ATTACH] Bee in the Borage in the wildflower garden area.

[ATTACH]36739[/ATTACH] Praying Mantis visiting one of the containers.

[ATTACH]36740[/ATTACH] The Canadian Heirloom "Sophie's Choice" growing in one of my large containers.

[ATTACH]36741[/ATTACH] David Austin "Heritage" Rose Bush.

[ATTACH]36742[/ATTACH] "California Dreamin" Rose early in the morning.

[ATTACH]36743[/ATTACH] Rose of Sharon starting to bloom.

[ATTACH]36744[/ATTACH] My U-shaped raised herb garden bed (just built it earlier this year in spring, measures 6 ft x 20 ft x 6ft, 10 inches high). Has the following herbs growing in it: Several types of Basil, Italian Flat-Leaf Parsley, Several types of Oregano, French Tarragon, Lemon Verbena, Chives, 2 types of Sage, Lemon Balm, Lime Thyme, several types of mint, Sweet Marjoram, Cilantro, Rosemary, and a Dwarf Curry Plant.

[ATTACH]36745[/ATTACH] My main raised garden bed.

[ATTACH]36746[/ATTACH] Alocasia Odora aka Elephant's Ear.

[ATTACH]36747[/ATTACH] Windowsill of Avocado plants and a golden pothos.

[ATTACH]36749[/ATTACH] Variegated Mint, Arrowhead Vine, Chocolate Mint, Yucca Plant and two Lemon Plants.

[ATTACH]36750[/ATTACH] Sweet Pea "High Scent."

[ATTACH]36765[/ATTACH] Heirloom Kosovo Tomato.

[ATTACH]36766[/ATTACH] Dwarf Sunflower.

More pics coming...:)
~Alfredo

Gorgeous flowers! I'm so jealous ;)

Those are very nice Alfredo.

More pics of my 2013 Gardening Season so far in NJ...
 

More pics of my 2013 Gardening Season so far here in Clifton, NJ.

[ATTACH]36772[/ATTACH] View of the Raised Herb Garden bed.

[ATTACH]36773[/ATTACH] "Hot Portugal" Heirloom Pepper.

[ATTACH]36774[/ATTACH] Zinnia in the wildflower area.

[ATTACH]36777[/ATTACH] "Sweet & Neat" tomatoes and Basil.

[ATTACH]36778[/ATTACH] "Sweet & Neat" tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36779[/ATTACH] Coreopsis growing in the wildflower garden area.

[ATTACH]36784[/ATTACH] The French Heirloom "Jaunne Flamme."

[ATTACH]36785[/ATTACH] "Sweet and Neat" Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36786[/ATTACH] Zinnia in the wildflower area.

[ATTACH]36789[/ATTACH] Heirloom "Matt's Wild Cherry" Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36790[/ATTACH] Heirloom "Matt's Wild Cherry" Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36791[/ATTACH] Heirloom "San Marzano Redorta" Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36792[/ATTACH] Blossoms on the Heirloom "Pruden's Purple" Tomato plant.

[ATTACH]36793[/ATTACH] The French Heirloom "Jaunne Flamme" after a rain.

[ATTACH]36794[/ATTACH] Castor Bean.

[ATTACH]36795[/ATTACH] Kentucky Wonder Pole beans growing up the wigwam in the container of golden pothos.

[ATTACH]36796[/ATTACH] Asplenium nidus aka the "Bird's Nest Fern."

[ATTACH]36799[/ATTACH] "Hot Portugal" Heirloom Pepper.

[ATTACH]36800[/ATTACH] The Canadian Heirloom "Sophie's Choice" tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36801[/ATTACH] White Zinnia.

[ATTACH]36802[/ATTACH] Pink Zinnia.

[ATTACH]36803[/ATTACH] Wildflower garden area, includes Morning glories, climbing French Bean (Asparagus Bean), 3 types of Tomatoes, Borage, Coreopsis, Marigolds, Cosmos, Chinese Forget-Me-Nots (Firmament), Rose of Sharon, Sunflowers, Orange and Red Habanero peppers, Rosita Eggplants, Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash, Cherry Belle Radishes and Nasturtiums.

[ATTACH]36804[/ATTACH] Heirloom New Big Dwarf Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36805[/ATTACH] Heirloom New Big Dwarf Tomatoes.

More pics coming soon...

~Alfredo

[QUOTE=BucksCountyGirl;367263]Gorgeous flowers! I'm so jealous ;)[/QUOTE]
Thanks! :) I try to do a lot of companion planting with my vegetables.

~Alfredo

[QUOTE=Redbaron;367266]Those are very nice Alfredo.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Redbaron!:)

~Alfredo

Nice design all around the garden. Very comfy, almost zen-like.

[QUOTE=efisakov;367308]Nice design all around the garden. Very comfy, almost zen-like.[/QUOTE]

Thanks efisakov. I try to make it as relaxing as possible, well except for the pesky mosquitoes.:twisted:

Very nice! You definitely have a "green" thumb. :D Are you growing the West Indian pumpkin this year?

Very nicely landscaped! Time to tear out some grass to make room for more tomatoes and beans ;)

[QUOTE=Mark0820;367474]Very nice! You definitely have a "green" thumb. :D Are you growing the West Indian pumpkin this year?[/QUOTE]

Hey Mark0820,

Thanks, I'm trying to get it greener everyday...:).

No I'm not growing the West Indian pumpkin this year...wa waa. But I am growing 2 other types of winter squash, some Nutterbutter Winter Squash (type of Butternut) from seed I saved from last year, and Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash. Both plants are doing well, my butternut is already flowering while the Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash is growing quite big, looks like the plant will grow as big as the West Indian Pumpkin Squash plant did at the rate it's spreading now. I'll probably grow the West Indian Pumpkin Squash again next year though. As it produced some really big squash for me here in NJ (great for soups/stews/diced up with beans). And maybe just grow it next to the wildflower garden area I have now where there is space for it, that West Indian Pumpkin squash rocked the surrounding lawn/grass of my raised garden bed that year.

~Alfredo

[QUOTE=dustdevil;367475]Very nicely landscaped! Time to tear out some grass to make room for more tomatoes and beans ;)[/QUOTE]

Thanks dustdevil...I'm always trying to find ways to get rid of the grass/lawn to plant more vegetables/herbs/flowers/bushes/trees :))...I had to cut down a pine tree I had that died earlier in spring, it was about 20-25 ft tall...not sure what happened to it...but in any case with the new "space" I planted a row of Scarlet Runner Beans and Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans...along with some NutterButter Winter Squash sprawling along the ground. Also had space in that new area for a peony bush along with 3 Tomato plants (Black Krim, Moreton F1 hybrid, and one unknown tomato seedling that came up from last year that I just let grow, my guess is it's going to be either Costoluto Fiorentino or Orange Russian 117, can't really tell yet...). So I guess it wasn't so bad that the pine tree died :).
~Alfredo

Another set of pics of my 2013 Gardening Season in NJ.
 

Here's another set of pics for my 2013 Gardening Season in NJ:

[ATTACH]36919[/ATTACH] Hibiscus.

[ATTACH]36879[/ATTACH] Hibiscus.

[ATTACH]36880[/ATTACH] Unknown flower in the wildflower garden area...still trying to figure out what it could be.

[ATTACH]36881[/ATTACH] Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash growing next to red and orange habaneros, Rosita Eggplants, Zinnia, Sunflowers.

[ATTACH]36882[/ATTACH] French Heirloom Jaune Flamme tomato.

[ATTACH]36883[/ATTACH] French Heirloom Jaune Flamme tomato.

[ATTACH]36884[/ATTACH] Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash.

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[ATTACH]36886[/ATTACH] French Heirloom Jaune Flamme tomato.

[ATTACH]36887[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]36888[/ATTACH] Red Brandywine Landis Valley.

[ATTACH]36889[/ATTACH] Main Raised Garden Bed.

[ATTACH]36890[/ATTACH] Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash.

[ATTACH]36891[/ATTACH] Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash, Wildflower garden area in the back against the wall. Barrel full of Grandpa Ott's morning glories and French Climbing Beans on the far left. The 3 tomatoes growing in the wildflower garden area are Pruden's Purple, Jaune Flamme and Moreton F1 hybrid.

[ATTACH]36892[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]36893[/ATTACH] New Big Dwarf tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36894[/ATTACH] New Big Dwarf tomato.

[ATTACH]36895[/ATTACH] Marigolds.

[ATTACH]36920[/ATTACH] Canadian Heirloom Sophie's Choice tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36897[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]36898[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]36899[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]36902[/ATTACH] New Big Dwarf Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36903[/ATTACH] Main Raised Garden Bed.

[ATTACH]36904[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]36905[/ATTACH] Dwarf Sweet Sue Tomato.

[ATTACH]36906[/ATTACH] New Big Dwarf Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36907[/ATTACH] New Big Dwarf Tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36908[/ATTACH] Borage.

[ATTACH]36909[/ATTACH] NutterButter Winter Squash flowering.

[ATTACH]36910[/ATTACH] Pruden's Purple Tomato blossoms.

[ATTACH]36911[/ATTACH] Pruden's Purple Tomato blossoms.

[ATTACH]36912[/ATTACH] David Austin "Heritage" Rose.

[ATTACH]36913[/ATTACH] Raised Herb Garden Bed.

[ATTACH]36914[/ATTACH] Red Brandywine Landis Valley tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36915[/ATTACH] Red Brandywine Landis Valley tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36916[/ATTACH] Red Brandywine Landis Valley tomatoes.

[ATTACH]36917[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]36918[/ATTACH] French Heirloom Jaune Flamme.

~Alfredo :)

Alfredo,
Great photos. Your garden ain't bad either.;)

[QUOTE=JamesL;367560]Alfredo,
Great photos. Your garden ain't bad either.;)[/QUOTE]

Thanks JamesL :D.
~Alfredo