Now that it is the end of July and the month of August is upon us it is time to start planting seeds for a good October harvest. That is what I have done today with the planting of kale, cabbage, and broccoli.
I decided to plant an equal amount of seeds using small black containers. I should have eight plants of each if all the seeds sprout in the next couple of weeks. This is all I need for a good harvest. (more…)
Today was a hot day with many things to do. I had some zucchini that needed to be picked along with other vegetables that were big enough to pick. I am mainly waiting on my tomatoes, but I will save that for later.
My beans had been doing quite well and I thought that some of them needed to be harvested right away. If they went too long they would just make good pods for saving seeds. This wouldn’t be so bad since that is what I did last season. (more…)
Just wanted to write a short post about the progress of many of my plants that include zucchini, pumpkins, tomatoes, cucumbers, and even my watermelons. I am also going to be discussing my beans that are finally starting to produce as well as eggplants starting to flower.
Today I did happen to pick up another zucchini which makes this the second zucchini to be harvested this year. Other vegetables and fruits will be picked very soon once they begin to mature and ripen. (more…)
So far I have been picking lettuce both Ruby glow and iceberg, but today I finally got to pick something new for the season. The very first zucchini of 2016 was recorded this morning in my gardening journal. It weighed three pounds and looks to be used within the next couple of days.
I also picked the most amount of leaves this morning from my iceberg lettuce patch. My Ruby glow hybrid looks like it is going to seed very soon. It is not surprising since these plants do not like the heat and it has been very warm for them over the past couple of weeks. (more…)
I am now getting some more tomatoes that are coming from most of my plants. There are only a couple that don’t have any fruit yet, but they do have flowers which should bring some fruit very soon.
As I can see it looks like I am getting steakhouse tomatoes along with some cherry tomatoes. I am probably getting some Roma tomatoes, but I am not quite certain which ones they are. I would say in about a week I should know if I have any Roma tomatoes growing. (more…)
I always like tying up my tomatoes before they start producing because it will make it much easier later on. When the fruit start appearing on the plants I don’t have to worry because my stretch ties will be able to hold the weight.
I knew my plants were producing flowers, but I didn’t think I would get any fruit start growing this early. I am a little surprised, but definitely excited to see what type of tomato this is. I have a total of four plants that have very tiny tomatoes beginning to grow. (more…)
Today was a good day to do another harvest of my iceberg lettuce. Many of the lower leaves have reached the peak of how big they were going to get and this is when I like to pick them. I picked several leaves and most of them were very large which I am happy about.
Today made a perfect day to pick them due to the rain they received early this morning. I like to pick them after a rain because this will help the plant grow more leaves after I pick the ones that are ready right now. (more…)
I have been pretty much weeding the entire garden this week and I wanted to wait until I completed that before writing another post, but instead I will give you a quick update on the garden instead.
I started with picking some of my Ruby glow lettuce earlier in the week and that was very exciting since last year I didn’t get as much as I would have liked. The first harvest I had from them yielded me 65 leaves. This is just short from my iceberg lettuce harvest. (more…)
Today was the first day of harvesting lettuce and only my iceberg lettuce for now. I will most likely start picking my Ruby glow hybrid in another week or so. I will have to pick them before they begin to go to seed.
I also planted some flowers in the garden this past week. I had some flowers that I had not planted in the garden and since they were beginning to outgrow their containers I needed to place them in various places throughout the garden. (more…)
Another busy week now that garden season is in full swing with transplanting, planting seeds, weeding, feeding, mulching and now staking my tomatoes. I like to stake my tomatoes as soon as possible; preferably right when I transplant them to the garden.
Although I didn’t stake them right when I transplanted them I did in fact place them in shortly after they were added into the garden soil. I like to put the stakes as close to the plant as possible so that it will make it easier to tie them to the stakes. (more…)
