Well, it’s becoming a bit of a ritual… I like to wrap up the weekend with a little snapshot of how the garden is growing… I’m so excited, we’re up to 6 pounds of produce so far!!! Mostly peas and beans, a pepper or two and some onions… still, it’s pretty exciting.
So far, I’ve been the one to eat most of the goodies, because my kids are not real veggie eaters. I’m trying hard to change that… Maggie has learned that she likes peas from the garden and baby cukes from the farmer’s market. Jessy is still holding out… she’s my carrots and broccoli only child, though she has kinda accepted the baby cukes too… kinda funny, but she’s slowly getting a taste for them.
Corn and carrots… they are both waiting for those. And garlic. Though I don’t really call that a veggie… it’s more of a seasoning.
Let’s get on with the tour, shall we?
First up… my big surprised after we returned home from camping…. RED TOMATOES!!!!!!!
Oh my… beautiful little cherry tomatoes! Two or three are pretty red… I’m going to let them go a day or two and have a nice yummy salad with them.
And look! A Brandywine is almost red… a few more days I think….
Beautiful…..
And look… some purple peppers are getting there… still a little small, but the color is deep and lucious… at least 5 or 6 good ones already getting ready for some chicken and onions on the grill…. mmmmmm….
The new beds of corn and beans and radish are doing pretty nicely… my first crop of beans are just about done for… they did a good batch though, but not enough for me to freeze… they were so good, I ate them all as they came in the house in several batches. I hope that the second batch will do okay, that bed is a lot sunnier than the first crop lived in.
Corn is doing nicely… I’m going to get some more seed and plant the deep rows tomorrow… I SO want corn along the ugly side. I’m just not sure why it didn’t take the first planting. I think the seed was just old or something. I don’t know. If I plant again there and nothing, then I’ll know that something is up.
We overturned the 1st planting radish and pearl onions. They were all done. Peas too. I was VERY disappointed in the radish. Only got like 3 or 4. Everything just bolted and went to seed. I think perhaps it was too closely planted, or just didn’t like the area. I don’t know. My 2nd planting is in a super sunny, full full sun area. And I am going to thin them. See if that helps.
Not sure what I am going to plant there… defiantely more peas along the fence… and probably spinach and leaf lettuce as I have more of those seeds. We’re having good luck with broccoli so i might get a couple 6-packs of those starts that are all on sale right now! See if we can get a little bit more out of the beds.
I’m so excited, we are up to 6 pounds of produce so far. So that means it’s all been about oh, $83 a pound so far! HAHAHA… oh well, there’s more to come… it’s only middle of July! Here in Toledo, we easily garden in September. And if I use some cover I might even get into October if it’s mild.
The potatoes are still going strong… got leaf lettuce and baby spinach coming up and new peas in the grow bag. All the garlic is up and growing, not gang busters but it all seems to have come up, which is cool. We’ve had NO real rain for almost 3 weeks now and the grass is all dead and dying. It’s been hard to keep the garden going… lots of watering. They say there’s about a 40% chance on Tuesday, so I am SOOOOO doing the rain dance every day. It’s the apple trees that really need a good good soak. And the pumpkins. Well, darn it, everything needs a gooooood long drink from the sky. My water pressure is not good and it takes FOREVER to water everything nicely.
I’m thinking about calling out Fred the plumber to see what is up. Well, I know what is up… there is scale buildup on the pipe coming out of the crock and water supply. We didn’t replace that pipe because it was pretty solid and looked good. Park feller came down and checked it and said, yeah, it’s really built up. I’m just not sure that I can handle that change out. Time for a professional I guess.
That’s okay… if it helps with water pressure so I can actually run a sprinkler, that will be good in the long run. It’s all good!
Take a look at the sunflower patch! Glorious!!!
