Rather than collecting just one or two types of fruits or vegetables I decided on picking everything that looked ripe. This includes zucchini, beans, cucumbers, peppers, cantaloupe, and even cherry tomatoes.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to pick some more corn yesterday, but I decided to wait until this afternoon to pick some more ears. Most of them should be ready by now or at least ripe enough to be considered for consumption. (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 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…)
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…)
I have been working in the garden for the past week including this past weekend. The weather has been hot which is great for many of my plants including tomatoes, melons, and cucumbers. I have not picked any tomatoes as they have not started to turn red. They should begin ripening at any time and can’t wait to harvest them.
Cucumbers on the other hand have been growing quite well along with zucchini and pumpkins that are coming along. All my cucumber plants are now producing flowers and it is only a matter of time before I start picking many of them. Today I happened to pick the first of many cucumbers. (more…)
This past week has been crazy because I have been weeding my garden every single day trying to stay ahead of the growth of the plants in the garden. Getting behind can be a pain because weeds will be growing faster than I can remove them.
By staying ahead I can work on other things in the garden such as laying down layers of mulch to block weeds, placing ropes on my bean trellis for my pole beans to climb, fertilizing many plants, and so much more. (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…)
I have been real busy this week trying to get as many plants into the ground as possible before the weekend. I wanted to get my melons and cucumbers in the ground as soon as possible in order to get them growing faster right away. They need some time to produce fruit and the quicker they are placed in the ground the sooner the harvest.
We also got some rain this week as well and that was definitely a good help for all my plants that were outside and in the ground especially my onions, lettuce, and spinach. (more…)
It is now September and with the fall season just around the corner my garden harvest is coming to a close for this year. Cooler weather is in the near future and most of my plants have reached their peak or are calling it quits for the year.
Five out of six of the pumpkins I am growing have ripened to the point that I could pick them very soon. I like to pick them later usually closer to the month of October rather than now. Tomatoes are done for the most part with only a couple of plants that have a few tomatoes left to pick. (more…)
Now that it is the first of September the weather should be getting cooler and harvests getting shorter. As long as the temperature is high enough to bear fruit or vegetables I will still be getting flowers from most of my plants. This week it was time for another harvest of corn and pole beans.
Although pole beans will continue to flower through the season corn on the other hand will only grow a certain amount for the year. They are capable of growing at least two per stalk and get get as many as four. The conditions have to be correct in order to get more than two per plant. (more…)
