It is that time when many vegetables are ready for picking. Zucchinis are sometimes the first to be ready, but they are not always first. It looks like my cucumbers and some pickles are going to be done at the same time. (more…)
It looks like I will be harvesting some fruits and vegetables soon in addition to the ones that I have already been picking. So far blueberries, lettuce, and peas have been harvested and most of my Spring crop is all but finished. I have picked a third harvest of blueberries and still more bushes need to be picked. (more…)
So far things are going good and plants are beginning to produce some food including both fruits and vegetables. There are some tomatoes and zucchini that are beginning to show themselves. These are the only two plants that will most likely start the summer harvesting season. (more…)
Now that I have most of the plants that I need planted indoors it is time to start the two last ones of the season. I used peat pots to plant up to six seeds of zucchini and pumpkins. My squash plants are always the last to be planted indoors. (more…)
Just recently we received a small to light frost that ended the season for most of my summer plants. I did have only a few harvests of the last peppers and one eggplant. Now that we have had many consecutive days of cold weather the plants are now gone except for cabbage, broccoli, and kale. (more…)
Now that it is October and fall is officially here it is time to start focusing on my cooler weather plants. Today was a great day for picking kale and most of the plants had very large leaves that needed to be harvested right away.
I am pretty much done with my summer plants and again the last thing that is out there is the last watermelon that I need to pick. I will be picking it before the weekend so make sure to check back and find out when I finally harvest this last melon. (more…)
I was looking forward to picking the first melon of the year and I thought that it was going to be one of my cantaloupes. I was hoping that my honeydew would be ready by this week, but instead one of my cantaloupes had disconnected from the plant meaning that it is ready for harvesting.
I also picked some more steakhouse, Roma, and cherry tomatoes. I did not pick as many cherry tomatoes as my previous harvests, but at least I got a few Romas to make up for it. (more…)
I collected quite a bit of tomatoes today including Roma tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. I wasn’t sure if I was going to pick enough to make tomato sauce, but in the end I ended up picking plenty for this. I also picked over 100 cherry tomatoes again and I am looking forward to eating them.
I also picked a few more cucumbers, beans, zucchini, and more peppers today. I am hoping to soon pick my first honeydew melon sometime this month. (more…)
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…)
