It looks like corn?

On August 2, 2026July 29, 2026 By CarynIn Garden

Photo description: volunteer veggie in my garden with a section that looks like corn, but small

I’m going to wait for a while before I harvest the corn-looking protuberance. I did not plant it; the most likely culprit is a squirrel.

Garden IV

On July 24, 2026 By CarynIn Garden

I never did run a sprinkler or hose out to my raised bed where I am growing cucumbers, which means that when it hasn’t rained (we’ve had a rather wet summer), I’ve been hand carrying water out to the meadow. We just finished a trip where we were gone for 5 days, and rather than trust the forecast, I set up water bags to drip moisture into the soil.

Photo description: wilting cucumbers in a water trough converted into a raised garden bed with a trellis holding two bags of water

The trellis was quite helpful for installing the bags. I set the flow rate low, 5ml an hour, and made sure all the outlets dripped.

Photo description: closeup of the gauge on the drip line, showing the flow rates at the high end of the range, this junction twists in the middle to control flow

It turned out that while we were gone it rained nearly everyday, so the low 5ml flow didn’t really matter. I should have done my math first, at that flow rate the bags should last 10 days. I am hoping that it will help with this week’s heat wave.

More Liriope

On July 21, 2026 By CarynIn Garden

We purchased some more Liriope plants for the front garden bed.

Photo description: front garden bed with previous round of plants in the ground and the new plants in grower’s pots spaced out

The Liriope we planted in Spring has been doing fairly well, especially the variegated variety, but not so much for the gallon pots of Big Blue. These lifted out of the ground, so I broke them up and planted them deeper, spreading them out between the new plants. I much prefer planting the 4” pots versus the larger ones.

Photo description: newly planted and watered Liriope with a large Turks Cap at the right

The Turks Cap we planted has grown quite large and is filling the space we set out for it. We’ve seen hummingbirds in the area too!

Jewel orchid

On July 12, 2026 By CarynIn Garden

My jewel orchid under glass is getting ready to bloom! It has sent up the spike and there are buds at the top.

Photo description: jewel orchid spike under an acrylic cylinder

It isn’t a great photo. When the blooms open, I’ll have to see if I can set up a photo shoot for it. I’ve heard the blooms aren’t very showy. Jewel orchids are mostly prized for the leaf decoration, which you can see in the photo above is showy.