Garden Wars!!! (Week 5)

Wow, that was close, guys. Sarvay put up quite the fight, but Pharr squeeeeeeeaked by last week, earning him his second win and putting him in the lead of this epic competition for gardening greatness. But, who will take it this week?

June 23, 2010; 6:00 AM • by RVANews staff

For those of you new to Garden Wars, here’s the deal…

John Sarvay (of Floricane and Buttermilk & Molasses), Ryan Smartt (of ConnectRichmond), and Scott Pharr (of PharrOut and RVANews) face off each week as they showcase images of their agricultural efforts, complete with clever(ish) captions. Then you, the readers, decide who wins. Whoever has won the most number of weeks out of the three-month run of this series will be treated to a meal by the losers.

Our gardeners are currently neck and neck and neck:

Sarvay: 1
Pharr: 2
Smartt: 1

Garden Wars Week 5: Begin!

Sarvay

Carrots were banned from Thea’s diet a year ago because of allergies. They’re making a test return to her life, and she couldn’t be more delighted.

It’s an abundant life we’re living this week – the last load of beets and carrots, tons of kale and chard, and about six pounds of green beans. There was even enough for the squirrels – they found two Sungold tomatoes half-ripened, and took a bite out of each.

I named my new business Floricane, which is the fruit-bearing vine of a blackberry bush. And after six years of trying, I finally managed to get a real blackberry bush in my yard to bear fruit. Now, if I can keep Thea from picking the berries before they ripen…

Pharr

Those aren’t weeds and they aren’t volunteer tomato plants. Want to guess what they are? (The answer is below.)

You’ve all heard of Space Mountain, well, I present to you…. SQUASH MOUNTAIN!?

Possibly how the bees and ants see my eggplant plants. And yes you guessed it (or didn’t) the first picture are our potatoes!

Smartt

Remember that TINY cucumber from last week? Here it is again, lookin’ like it could be a tasty pickle one day.

Lyla is a good sport. Right after this photo was taken, Daddy shot an arrow straight through our first tomato of the year, and then turned it into salsa.

One of the best traits of pugs is they can actually talk. However, no words are necessary…Deacon’s expression says it all: “I must eat this delicious hot pepper. Please?! C’mon!”

There ya have it, readers. Now you must decide the winner. Leave your votes in the comments and help decide WHOSE GREENS REIGN SUPREME!