It’s supposed to be a high of 91 today. Can you believe it?
I hope all my plants survive. The past few days it’s been really humid and it feels like we are living in a greenhouse.
The tomato plants are sure loving it though. And the flowers too.
We picked out first peas last night. I think there were 8 of them. I put them on a salad. Shocking, I know.
I snapped a picture of the side garden. I think it’s looking pretty good. A complete turnaround from what it looked like last year at this time, that’s for sure.
The next big project on the HH’s list is hiding that propane tank with some sort of lattice thing a ma jig.
I told him he needs to get it done soon because there’ll be three pumpkin plants ready to crawl up it in a few more weeks.
Look at those peonies!!!
Not too shabby for a first year border if you ask me. This is going to look gorgeous in another year or two once there’s a solid peony border.
My little planting of French filet beans is looking good.
As are the pole beans I planted at the base of the trellis.
It’s probably hard to see in this photo but there are three tomato plants tied to this trellis. I think I planted 2 San Marzano and 1 cherry tomato.
The black krim tomato is over by the side of the barn in a pot.
I planted 6 zucchini seeds and only 1 can up so I planted a few more. We’ll see what happens. One zucchini plant is really probably enough for two people.
Those are my pumpkins at the base of the propane tank. If you look closely you can see the beet seedlings between the peony plants.
And last but not least, I planted a few mini pumpkins along the base of the fence. I’m hoping those will grow big and strong and look cute growing over the fence.
I’ve also got radishes and butternut squash planted as well.
Small but mighty. That’s what my garden is this year.
Are you harvesting anything yet? So far we’ve only picked a few strawberries and peas.
~Mavis
Wendy C says
Plums! Our plum tree is outdoing herself this year. We have eaten plums, given plums away, and last Monday I made 21 jars of jelly. Some will be for us and some to give away to family and friends. I have also started picking blueberries -4 quarts in the freezer so far beside what we are eating. We did not get to have our big veggie garden this year so I’m focusing on doing as much as I can with our fruit.
Mavis Butterfield says
Plums from your own tree, what a treat! You’re so lucky.
Mary Ann says
Jealous! Our Santa Rosa plum tree had tons of flowers in early Spring, but then we got a lot of wind and now I can only find 6 plums on the whole tree. So sad. I still have lots of plum jam on the shelf that I made in January from the frozen plums I had from last year, thank goodness, but I’ll miss eating the candy-sweet fresh plums from the tree this year!
Julie V says
I’m in the Midwest and harvesting mulberries, green onion, radishes, beets, lettuce(but, now done), Swiss chard, mustard greens, kale, and hot peppers. Tomatoes are starting to flower.
Mary G says
It is super hot and humid here today in northwestern Connecticut also (projected high of 95). My plants are all surviving so far. I have harvested collard greens and kale and some baby salad greens. My tomatoes and other plants are far from ready. I need to move my snap pea seedlings outside, but I might wait until tomorrow, when it will just get to the upper 80s here.
Rosemary says
So far, I have picked:
55 cucumbers (I made a lot of Garlic Dill Pickles)
53 tomatoes (made tomato soup with most of them)
79 green beans (put them in the freezer)
4 bell peppers (sliced them up and put them in the freezer)
3 eggplants (made 3 trays of eggplant parmigiana and froze them)
I have watermelons and pumpkins on their vines and onions growing – will be a while before they can be picked. Lastly, I have corn, but it isn’t doing well . . . Thankfully our growing season is still going strong, so there is still time.
We moved the hydrangeas a few months ago and transplanted them all around the garden and they are all in bloom – so pretty!
Mavis Butterfield says
Go Rosemary Go!! That’s awesome.
Ashley Bananas says
I’m remembering your HOA house and how crazy they were about growing things in view of the street. So you wanted a fence, and then they wanted it low enough to snoop. It was comical. I’m glad you’ve found a place that you can have the freedom you want with your yard.
Stephanie in Utah says
I’ve been harvesting peas, strawberries, and lettuce. Oh, and green onion.
Mary Ann says
I’ve already canned 9 pints of green beans and 13 pints of bread & butter pickles. More cucumbers are coming quickly. A few strawberries from my GreenStalk. Cucamelons are coming in now. Pepper plants from last year (and one Serrano that’s 3 years old) are covered in green peppers and I’ve picked one yellow bell pepper so far. Fruits are also starting on the new pepper plants I grew from seed this year. Lots of green tomatoes, but so far I’ve just gotten a handful of ripe Sun Gold cherry tomatoes.
Catherine says
My strawberries are done; the storage onions are beginning to be ready to pull and dry for storage. My blackberries are ripening, and I just pulled the last of the lettuce. The tomatoes and peppers are beginning to set fruit, and I picked my first raspberry.
Christy Rose says
I am eating cherry tomatoes here in California. My zucchini and beans are about as big as yours are. I confess the cherry tomatoes that I am eating are volunteers, my planted from seed heirloom tomatoes are huge and blossoming. No ugly heat here, our high is predicted to be 71, my sister in South Portland is suffering in this heat wave, 94 predicted there!
Katherine says
I collected the last of the Wando peas today, the heat, 94 today, is taking a toll on the plants. I picked my first cucumber, lots of green beans, and some cherry tomatoes. Bell peppers should be ready next week, and squash and zucchini were put into the ground late, but they are making up for lost time.
Nancy says
Your garden looks very good. I’m surprised you didn’t mention any lettuce plants.
Mimi says
Lots of harvesting today: swiss chard, beets/beet greens, Yukon Gold potatoes, blueberries, shallots and zucchini. I bought a 1/2 flat of raspberries at a nearby farm, now in the freezer along with the blueberries. The beets I pulled are now pickled and I just finished steam blanching swiss chard for the freezer. After dinner I’ll plant more seeds to fill in the blank spots in the garden. Tired.
Chris says
I got a very late start on tomatoes and basil, oh well. The rosemary is going crazy. The serviceberry bush just finished. This was a light year so only got about 4 quarts, into the freezer. Next year should be much better
Deb from Ohio says
So far we’ve had strawberries, lettuce, snow peas and green onions, plus basil and cilantro. Squash should be ready next week, and the first tomatoes and cukes soon after that.
Susan says
I’m in the pacific NW and we’ve harvested more lettuce and spinach than we’ve ever grown before so lots of big salads like you, radishes, shelling peas, sugar snap pea pods, kale, cauliflower, beets, strawberries, raspberries, and we just dug 10 pounds of red potatoes. So it’s been a great spring for us. We also have good sized tomatoes on our plants, which is early for here. We recently moved and have new garden beds. I think the soil we purchased is excellent and nitrogen rich.