Garden Problems

Since I've gotten  my long arm quilting machine, things have changed a lot on the gardening front.  It seems there is less time to spend outside planting and tending a garden (whether it be vegetables or flowers) than before.  I hate that I've let this happen.  I really miss being able to walk to the garden and pick fresh tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, beans, beets, corn, and many other things of past gardens.    So this week, I could stand it no more and I went to Home Depot and bought a few tomato plants and put them in my flower garden.  It was the only place I could find that was close to the house, relatively easy to dig and I can water them easier than in the original garden area which is much farther away from the house.  

I planted a Better Boy, 2 Roma, 1 patio, a yellow Pear tomato and 1 Big Boy.  They are all doing well except something has eaten off half of the Big Boy plant.   We think it may be a groundhog that we've seen roaming on the property.  I bought some zucchini plants too, and will probably put those in a big over-sized planter since there is not much room left in my flower garden.

See the large plant on the right in the back, that's the Big Boy and now it's half that size.  I have since put mesh wire and bird netting around all the tomato plants until they get bigger.  

Here's my lilies blooming on the other side of the tomato plants. Sure hope Mr. Groundhog doesn't take a liking to these, since I've roped off his tomatoes. :)

I may still get some more veggies and try container gardening.   It's just not summer unless there is a fresh crop of veggies to pick and can.  Old habits die hard and this is one that I don't want to give up until I'm too old to do it.