August Project Grow - Nasturtiums

Peer Pressure * Peer Pressure * Peer Pressure * Peer Pressure * Peer Pressure * Peer Pressure

I'm ready to unveil (such as it is) my August Project Grow results PRIOR to the end of the month! :-)
(You may want to click the logo below to see posts by other participants.)

"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the Grow project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."

We were out of town from August 2 - August 16.
The nasturtiums were pretty much "on their own."
It did rain, but it also was Very, Very Hot and dry most of the time.

Here are photos I can share:

The best looking bunch are out in the Sunny Corner Bed.

This one plant in the front pot looked photo-worthy,
so you can see what it looked like today.

These little fellows were planted in my friends' garden
on May 28. You can see the post by clicking here.
They do not seem to be thriving . . .

Last Spring, I my friends and I began this flower garden in their front yard.
It's in a rather low spot with clay soil (the usual fare around here).

Click here to see the first post of this garden as it was being created!

Now, check out the photos below! This is what their garden looks like today.

Nothing 'shady' here!
Have a Great Day!!

The Grow Project - June Update

Yep! I took the challenge. Right alongside a whole lot of other garden bloggers!

"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the Grow project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."I received free Nasturtium seeds for the Grow Project. Please click on the link above to see and compare the results of the other gardeners.

These are my previous postings:

Posted March 3, 2010
Posted April 14, 2010
Posted May 8, 2010

Third batch of seedlings begun in newspaper pots.

(Photo taken May 11, 2010)

These were planted in a mostly-sunny garden bed.

Planted May 23, 2010
June 13, 2010

Progress of First Two Batches:

May 22, 2010 (Front Yard Gardens)

May 22, 2010 (Sunny Corner Bed)

May 25, 2010 (Front Yard Gardens)

May 25, 2010 (Sunny Corner Bed)

June 10, 2010 (Front Yard Gardens)

June 10, 2010 (Sunny Corner Bed)

June 10, 2010

June 19, 2010 (Front Yard Gardens)

June 19, 2010 (Sunny Corner Bed)

"Pretty as a Picture!" This has been a fun project. Thank you for letting me participate! Now, I'm finally off to see the other participants' postings! :-)

the GROW project

In conjunction with Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC Wednesday,
(click on the G below to see her post as well as other participants)
and a Gardening project in which I've agreed to participate . . .

. . . here's my post-of-the-day. :-)

One of the first Garden blogs I ever visited, after I began blogging nearly three years ago, was Mr. Brownthumb of Chicago. He mesmerized me with his informative blog. Quite honestly, I felt that if I ever needed an answer to anything (and he being many years my junior!), he'd have the answer. :-)

He continues to hold my admiration. In his post of January 26, he included a information about a seed project GROW. (Click on the title of the project, at left, to view his post.) He also mentioned that there was still room for participation, should anyone desire to do so. Of course, I jumped right in - feet first, you might say!

The seeds are being furnished by an on-line seed catalog entitled Renee's Garden Seeds (click for transport to her website). Other than keeping records as to how and when I start the seeds, the growing conditions, etc., I am asked to post on my progress once-per-month. If you click on the logo below, you'll see a list of the garden bloggers (in the right side-bar) that are participating.

All that was to say, guess what I found in my mailbox last week? Yes! The items pictured below. Would you say I was GLADSOME BE? :-)

"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the GROW project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."

However, do you see that there was also included a bonus package of Double Cosmos 'Rose Bon Bon' seeds? (Say, "Grateful!") Wasn't that a nice bonus, and incentive to try my gosh-darn-best? :-)

Watch for this same post title once-a-month. Oh! I hope I have something wonderful to show you each month! :-)