Tuesday, July 7, 2009

summer planting

Well, I planted more cucumbers and bush beans. I harvested cilantro seeds. I am very confused about how I am going to plant all that I want to plant for fall, when so many plants will probably be going strong until frost. I decided to pull up the corn. It was only supposed to get about 3 ft. high and produce baby corns, but it got much taller than that, only ended up being 3 rows when I had intended for it to be 4, and had just started to flower. I don't want to grow corn--it takes up too much space. I also pulled the malabar spinach. I think it got set back by a cold spell in April or May because it did not seem to be getting any bigger. I put lemon cucumbers in its place.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Update

I haven't updated because I've been busy... gardening.

So, here are a few important things that have happened in the last month or so, especially related to HARVEST...

  • Green beans! I still love the festina, not crazy so far about the mon petit cheri.
  • Lots of tomatoes! Unfortunately, my green zebra tomatoes are not... I'm not sure if the error is on my end or on the seed company's end! They are red. We've had tasty fried green tomatoes, got early girls, brandywines, the non-green-zebras, and red, yellow, and white cherries. The only problem is that I'm definitely allergic to fresh tomatoes. I get a terrible oral allergy and had to go on prednisone the pain was so bad. So, I'm still trying cooked tomatoes and hoping I can continue to tolerate them!
  • We had 3 red cabbages. They were great.
  • We did get some broccoli!
  • Had some sweet peppers, but only green ones so far. We keep needing to eat them before they turn red! Well, we did get a couple of little orange ones.
  • Cucumbers, tons of cucumbers. I have really enjoyed these.
  • I have a few little melons developing, and I'm very happy about that. Not sure how long it will be before we can eat them.
  • Winter squashes and pumpkins are all planted and sprouted.
  • I'm starting to think more about fall now--already. I have plans to put in more beds.