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.
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.