Cantaloupe, Eggplant, and Corn on The Way

This past weekend we received some well needed rain.  This meant that Saturday and Sunday were very slow gardening days.  The only thing I did was pick some blueberries during a short period of no rain.  I collected as many berries as I could before it started to pour.  I was able to grab about two and a half pounds.  This has been the average for this season.

Today was the first time that I went outside to check my garden before the storms hit this weekend.  My pole beans are growing great and I should be getting a harvest from them any time now.  I picked some more bush beans which are probably going to be the last that I receive from them.  Now it is up to the pole ones to pick up the slack.

I even picked some more cherry tomatoes today.  These particular types are able to ripen much quicker than the larger steakhouse and Roma ones that I have growing.  The good news is that these others are now starting to turn red.  I have a couple of steakhouse tomatoes that will be ready this week as long as they get plenty of sun.

Take a look at the size of these cherry tomatoes!  These are some of the biggest ones that I have ever grown.

I also am getting a few more vegetables and fruits within the garden.  A cantaloupe is starting to grow and it is in the early stage which means that it doesn’t look anything like what you see in the store.  It starts out green with fuzzy hair all over it.  It only creates the webbing around the fruit when it stops growing and begins turning the inside orange and sweet.

I also checked my eggplant plants and found that I had one growing for quite a while.  It was kind of hidden and I didn’t think they would come this early.  The good news is that this one is getting really big and we are only in the middle of the season.  It should get quite bigger with the good weather it has been getting.

My other eggplant plants are not getting any fruit, but they are producing flowers so I am optimistic that I will be getting more of these vegetables in the future.  It just may take some time.

My corn over the weekend has been very busy in producing many tassels, silks, and ears.  In just a couple of days they are on their way to producing sweet and delicious ears that I will enjoy eating.

You can see that some of the ears are starting to come in and will be getting bigger hopefully.  Once they are pollinated the corn will start to immediately grow at a pretty fast rate.  This is when they need the most amount of water.  This is why the rain this weekend was a good help to them.