2011 Garden Wars: Week 3
And so, first blood is drawn. It’s an elimination week here at Gardenwars. Check out who has been defeated and who lives to garden another day.
And so, first blood is drawn. This week is an elimination week, and upon the altar of Gardenwars we lay the lifeless body of Jason. His fight was valiant and his strategy strong, but it just wasn’t enough to defeat the relentless onslaught of cute children. So, he is sent to the Compost Pile, and Gardenwars continues.
The standings:
- Sarah Milston (0)
- Ryan Smartt (0)
- Scott Pharr (0)
- Jorge Salgado (0)
There you have it. As an added twist we’ve decided to clear the points after each elimination round. This will prevent anyone (Sarah) from building up a huge lead and spoiling our fun. It’s just like Survivor! New rules every week!
Now, get to voting, citizens.
Ryan Smartt
Last year, we had a fig tree that didn’t quite pan out. This year, we’re determined this fig tree will. Mostly because my wife has the brilliant idea for a fig & bacon pizza. Which she’s already named the “Fig & Pig.”
After we had our first harvest of carrots last week, my daughter Lyla’s reaction – of course – was to let her bunnies Viola and Violin have them. (Yup, she named one her bunnies Violin.)
Sarah Milston
After making this weekend’s harvest of cucumbers, sungold tomatoes, green beans, green peppers, kale, and BLUEBERRIES the kid asked for a picnic–how do you say no? So featured here is Lily Jaymes sampling tomatoes in front of the perennial garden. After this picture was snapped she went through the rest of the bowl; I walked inside with a measly 12 green beans and kale. And in case you were wondering how her garden is doing, we harvested three rocks and made mud.
Part of having a garden in your front yard is the need to make it interesting–at least that was the deal I struck with my partner. So, the spaghetti squash and acorn squash went wild over the last two weeks and needed to climb. I scored this very rickety ladder at Diversity Thrift. On top: gourds–I’m hoping they will dangle down. Under the ladder you will see red russian kale, I’m crossing my fingers it makes it through the summer.
Jorge Salgado
You know what goes well with a homegrown squash microphone? A little Queen singalong!
Children play in the secret garden trellis while tiny hops buds grow- it’s magical for everyone….hmmm….beeeerrrrr.
Scott Pharr
My cherry heirloom tomatoes are coming in. Now that 4th of July has past, and since I’m not Ryan, they should now be turning red at any moment.
This is truly my favorite flower in my garden every year! All four of my eggplants are starting to bloom purple, preparing the way for their giant purple babies!
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Pharr, mostly because of the smacktalk.
Sarah Milston all the way!
My vote is for the Milston garden! Lily needs to enter her garden next year!
Sarah Milston gets my vote every week!!
Scott Pharr!!! I love eggplants!
I vote for Jorge Salgado…..who can resist signing Queen w/ a squash-a-phone!!!!
Wow these are all great! I’ll go with Sarah Milston.
Ryan. Because he’s growing figs and his wife is witty.
Salgado! Love the twinkly trellis, it looks like a fairy tale.
Smartt! Fig & Pig all the way! (And the bunny names are awesome, so kudos to Lyla for that …)
Jorge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pharr: cherry ‘maters are my fave!
As the hopeful purveyor of the bacon for the Fig and Pig, I vote Smartt!
Salgado’s magical trellis all the way!
squash mics, queen, magical trellis’s…. jorge!
My vote’s for Scott, although the bunnies are awfully cute.
Gotta vote for Sarah. Kids win every time, isn’t that the first rule of #GardenWars?
As much as I love the secret garden trellis o’hops, my vote goes to Milston for her creative use of rickety things in a front yard garden.
“Trellis the love we have.
We should Trellis the life we live.
Trellis the love. Trellis the life.”
Awwwww yeah. I love that song. And wine coolers.
Salgado FTW!
This is SO HARD. I vote Sarah for the kid who eats all kinds of veggies, the harvesting of rocks, and the detailed descriptions!
Honorable mention to the carrot-holding bunnies and the fairy light trellis.
Two of the cutest bunnies…Viola & of course, Violin, + figs….just thinking about the preserves makes me vote for Ryan..such beautiful photos…all makes me vote for Ryan Smartt
I vote for Jorge
The Salgado clan wins my vote this week with the magical hops trellis.
Also, Ryan: Violin and Viola are a perfect pair of names for bunnies. I wouldn’t worry until she gets to “Upright Bass.”
Ryan’s Fig and Pig and Viola and Violin win out!
I do like Pharr’s smack talk, but I have to go for the Smartt’s “Fig & Pig” idea
Ryan Smartt gets my vote. Fig and a pig sounds like a winner.
I vote Ryan! Big and long carrots, big and long bunny ears, healthy figs and a pig behind the garage eating lettuce.
I vote Ryan Smartt wholeheartedly. Because I am so terribly excited about this pizza. Nothing tastes as heavenly as a fresh fig.
Nice smack, Pharr! Once again, you get my sympathy vote.
“Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer.”
Sarah this week — loving the ladder ingenuity!
my vote is for Ryan….great garden!
Ryan Smartt!!!!!!!
The Milstons get my vote again!
I vote for Smartt! May I come over for the fig and pig dinner?!?!
Sarah’s garden get’s my vote!
Milston!!!!!!!!!
Ooh, it was a close one this week. I love figs, and Jorge’s trellis is awfully pretty. But Sarah gets my vote again this week for the creative ladder, and bravery of having a front yard garden.
Love the Milston garden
Smartt…you had me at pig.
Love those Milston’s
Wanna try those Milston vegetables
Milston
Love the idea of a fig & pig pizza, but my vote goes to Sarah Milston (& Lily Jaymes) for creativity and variety! Love that garden! And who else wishes they could have been at that picnic?
Fig and Pig > Kids
My vote goes to Smartt
Kids are a cheap vote – Smartt
Gotta go with Sarah and Lily Jaymes
Sarah all the way what creativity that girl has!
go Sarah and Lily save some tomatos for GuGu
Sarah gets my vote again.
My vote goes to Sarah and Lily Jaymes.
Gotta go with the Milston garden, a winner for sure.
I vote for the front yard garden of the Milston’s
Salgado – Trellis for brew. #winning
Ryan Smartt is a winner!
My vote is for Ryan. Who can resist a bunny named Violin?!
Smartt’s fig and pig!!
Will they make a kosher version?
Love the eggplant flower!! AND…eggplant Parmesan…can’t wait – yum!
Milstons! Milstons! Milstons!!! That kale looks to die for!!! And I want to chat about the blueberries! ;) great work Lily Jaymes!
The Milston’s for sure!
The Milstons have my vote. The twinkle lights are pretty but this is Garden Wars and nothing beats a kid actually eating veggies in a garden!
Milstons have the most interesting garden in Richmond!
Milston! Harvesting mud and rocks is hard work!
I MUST try this “Fig and Pig” pizza….my vote is for Mr. Ryan Smartt!!
Milston gets my vote!
Voting for Milston for the first time because of her creative use of space.
The Milston garden! Rustic…lovely.
Ryan: Beware. In 2006 I had an 8-foot fig stripped of fruit between 8 and 6 one day. Squirrels. Two months latet one jacked me in the driveway. Ginger Park has big squirrels.
Sarah: Glad you like our ladder and really glad you’re not standing on it. Come back for more!
Jay
DivThrift
Lyla’s bunnies steal this weeks voting. Ryan’s carrots and the “Fig & Pig” make this week a Smartt decision for Ryan.
Voting for Lily Jaymes… I mean Sarah Milston!
Milston’s all the way!
Gotta go with Ryan – the fig and pig pizza just might top my fave party snack, bacon wrapped figs.
Oh figs! I love figs. We inherited two fig trees at this house..they were a bit scraggly but some pruning and love has them loaded. I can’t wait for August. As for votes, I’m giving it to Scott this week. I seem to be having major trouble keeping heirlooms alive over here so maybe he will share some of his bounty.
Ryan Smartt has bunnies in his pic. Real bunnies would be better, but I’m going to have to vote for him.
Ill vote for Pharr…..I’m hoping hell have cute kids in his pics next time….don’t let me down Pharr!
Jorge, but more because of the squash microphone than the trellis. Rock on, kid!
My vote goes to Ryan. I like green figs and pig. And I would eat them with my next of kin! And I would eat them with Ms. Violin…
Ryan for the figs
Milstons!
You all did a great job, my favorite is Sarah Milston’s
My wife gets my vote plus her garden is awesome.
Pharr, since eggplants are some of my favorite veggies and I will live vicariously through yours in case mine don’t make it this summer…
If I were still in the mix, I’d be sending Ross an eggplant pic that would peel your eyelids back. Look for it in the Community Garden (or Compost Pile, if you must) or maybe on my blog.
Voting Pharr for eggplant comparison purposes.
My vote is for the Milstons!
Smartt get’s my vote this week.