This is just a short post I wanted to write about the two harvests that I had performed today. It has been a while since I had picked my first steakhouse tomato and my first ear of corn. Now that my corn and tomatoes are starting to ripen I thought it best to start picking them right away.
If I happen to leave corn outside for too long they can get real tough and it would have been a waste of time to grow all this corn in the garden. (more…)
It has been very busy this week especially with all new harvests of corn and cantaloupes. The cantaloupe was nearly by accident because I wanted to check out the connection between the melon and the vine and when I turned it over it just came right off. Good thing the melon was pretty much ready anyways.
The other cantaloupe that I picked was coming off from the vine so I just decided on removing it since it was going to come done at any moment. No reason to leave it on the vine like that. (more…)
I had plenty of harvests today and I could have had some more if I decided on picking peppers. They were not quite ready, but I will be picking them tomorrow to be used for the tomato sauce that is going to be made with all the Roma tomatoes that I was able to pick today.
I was able to pick all three types of tomatoes which include steakhouse, cherry, and super sauce Roma tomatoes. There are still many of tomatoes out there and more flowers are blooming on the plants which means I could potentially pick many more. (more…)
I thought since it has been a while since I wrote a post that I would give you an update on the garden. Now that all my plants are starting to produce fruit – except for broccoli and cabbage which will come later- I thought today would be a perfect time to take some pictures of the plants progress.
I left off with my corn producing silks which will lead to ears of corn as long as they are pollinated. With the rain that we received yesterday much of the pollen has gotten wet and there is nothing that I can do except wait for it to dry and try to place it on the silks of the corn. (more…)
Corn is usually one of the last things to mature and start producing ears of corn that can be cooked or eaten raw. The very first sign that I look for is the tassels. Once the tassels are growing that means very soon silks should begin to grow from the stalk which is the start of every corn ear.
Just a couple of days ago I saw the first sign of silks and it just happened overnight. It doesn’t take that long before they start growing and once they get going the ears will come faster than one would think. Once they are a good size I will then start to peel back the husks that cover them in order to know when they are ripe enough. (more…)
The first time I pick beans is always small and sometimes the second time is just a little bit bigger. That is what happened today when I went outside to take a look at my beans. There were plenty that had reached the perfect size for eating.
Last year I had plenty of beans that I could can them for the Winter and they kept their amazing flavor. Hopefully I am looking to do the same thing as long as I get many more beans throughout the season. (more…)
Today I thought was a great time to finally take out the onions from the totes and set them aside to let them dry. My onions stems had fallen down a couple of weeks ago and it was good to get them out of the soil as quickly as possible.
I could have taken them out a while ago, but I had been busy with weeding the garden, tying tomatoes, getting beans climbing, and much more. I had some free time this afternoon and thought it would be great to get these bulbs out of the ground. (more…)
I went through the entire garden today and wanted to see if there were any other fruits or vegetables that might be ready for a small harvest. I have been noticing that some of my tomatoes were beginning to ripen and they might soon be harvested in a week or less.
I also have onions that will probably be dug out of the ground and totes real soon. Right now I am reaching the climax or busiest part of the garden season where many harvests will be coming at the same time. (more…)
A couple of things have been happening in the garden and I wanted to take a look at some of the fruits that are beginning to grow and get much bigger. This includes both cantaloupes and the one watermelon that is thriving quite well.
Some of the vines on my cantaloupe plants actually have two melons growing and they were covered by the leaves and I happen to miss them when I was working with my plants. Hopefully they will not take too much nutrients from each other making them smaller than they should. (more…)
Today is just more of an update on the garden since it has been at least a week since my last post. This week has been crazily busy especially with all the rain and the weeds growing in the garden. I have had to work in the garden most of the week trying to remove all the weeds that I could.
All I have left to weed would be the tomatoes and some other small areas. I will begin mulching some plants which might include corn and maybe beans. It all depends how much mulch I am able to collect this week. (more…)
