Garden updates.

I couldn't have a day without pictures of our garden. And pictures I have! Here is a before picture of the back garden with the four beds in it. This was taken one month ago.

June 1, 2008

This is it today:

July 2, 2008

Pretty darn impressive I think.

Tomatoes, kohlrabi, zucchini, savoy cabbage and marigolds

broccoli, onions, hot peppers, cabbage, and hopefully some green bean sprouts soon

bell peppers, tomatoes, marjoram, peppermint, and basil

cucumbers, squash, onions, hot peppers, wax beans and a green bean

I also tied up all the tomatoes again today. I find that I am having to do it every week as they are growing so fast. And the bushes are COVERED with tomatoes. Even splitting half of them with Nancy we are going to be drowning in them. I should be reading up on how to make sauces to preserve.

daddy long legs guarding my tomato

The cucumbers seem to be enjoying the crawl up the trellis. We have several cukes now and man, I never realized they were as spiky as they are. OUCH. These will be fun picking.

future dill pickle

All in all, it looks good. The only problem we see is that the zucchini don't seem to be getting big. The plants are huge but the actual fruit aren't growing. Nancy picked one so that the plant could concentrate on making the other zucchinis grow.

One thing that I'm learning through this garden is patience. I am not a patient person. Watching things grow is teaching me to be patient. I think this is a good thing. Ok, I'm off to go do things I'm supposed to be doing. Like clean my kitchen.