a mid-week sunflower…complete with pollinator!
Carrots and Clean Up
So carrots today – teeny tiny carrots! Folks pay a whole lot for these kind of miniature vegetables, right?
More tomatoes too, tiny swiss chard – and a (until today) hidden cucumber!…
Beets A Bust
Update for week 14 – sadly beets were a bust. These were planted from seed and it was apparent that they went in too late. The heat didn’t allow for them to grow. In the ‘bust’ category also – garlic chives, swiss chard, brussel sprouts. Since I’m listing the issues here, I can also let you know that the chamomile didn’t sprout at all and the tat soi isn’t growing. Lesson learned, though, on growing these items in colder weather and I’ll be ready for fall planting! Since its so hot, nothing further will be planted until August (after consulting my experts – thanks Kirsten and Lynne!) We’re pulling carrots tomorrow and the preview today shows tiny carrots will be in the offing…the heirloom radishes were bigger!
Now the good news! …
Tomato Time!
After waiting three months, we have our first beefsteak type tomatoes of the summer and they’re beautiful!
That’s two Mr. Stripey and one Hillbilly, I think. These two plants grew so close/entangled that I can’t really tell which is which!…
Red Hot!
Peppers, that is. First red pepper harvested today. Week thirteen and cayennes are ripening! How about this amazing red?
This has been a good week for peppers overall – one yellow bell, another holy mole and several more cubanelles!…
