Well a few weeks has passed since I have last updated you on the garden, so I figure it was time I got off my ass and posted something. Fortunately, I have mostly good news to report for a change. There has not been any frost in the past few weeks, as a matter of fact it has been very hot and surprisingly wet. Its been pretty humid (well for here at least) and the past week we have had almost daily storms. Of course they are quick ones, just enough to water the garden and make the mountain bike trails phenomenally fun to ride.
Overall the garden looks great. The new plants that I put in are starting to take off. There are little green tomatoes on a few of my tomato plants and the peppers. Man they are sprouting up all over the place. I have sweet bananas growing, the big marconis are sprouting, even the bell peppers are looking good.
The big surprise has been what is going on in box 6 (my tender green beans...thats right I said tender). I thought that they were lost forever. They got creamed in 2 frosts, but amazingly they are making a comeback. As a matter of fact they seem like they are trying to edge in on the green onions. I may have an old fashioned turf war on my hands. Even the cucumbers are starting to flower, well one of them is. I am hoping the other one sees it and says "oh yeah, cucumbers" and starts sprouting big yellow flowers.
The seeds I planted are taking hold. I pulled out 2 huge heads of lettuce and I have a third about to get plucked. I have also put in a second round of lettuce and spinach and its going fairly good. I have half a row of lettuce and one full row of spinach. I am gonna get out there this weekend and plant some more of each. I am trying to keep the good times rolling by staggering my lettuce and spinach plantings. What I need to do is figure out exactly how long it is from plant to harvest, it doesnt seem very long.
Speaking of round 2 I have also put in a second batch of radishes. I got some of that seed tape and buried it in the ground. Supposedly you dont have to worry about thinning out. I figured what the hey, since my radish thinning is not the greatest. I put in 3 rows and by golly, I have 3 rows of radishes growing. Very impressed with the seed tape so far. I will know more when they are full grown, they still seem kind of close to me, but the tape knows...the tape knows.
I wish I could say that everything was roses, but in fact it is not. I think the strawberry plants are on strike. They seem to have completely stopped growing fruit. At first I thought it was the birds, but now I am thinking that maybe it is some sort of labor dispute (will know more soon). Also the carrots grew in pretty sparsely, luckily there are some, but not the 3 rows that I had hoped for. Luckily I have a secret stash that I planted at the beginning of the season that is looking great. So thats all I got, mostly happy plants, and to be honest a happy gardner.
I would say that if I was grading my garden, I would give myself a solid B. |
