My first bean harvest which was about a week ago didn’t yield that many beans or as many as I thought I would get. The second time I ended up getting many more including two full bowls of pole beans.
I have harvested more in other years, but I think that this is a good amount and is enough to start canning and storing them for the Winter. The plants still are producing and I am sure that I will be harvesting more beans in the near future. (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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
The past three days have been quite busy with my plants ready for the ground and seeds that need to be planted as well. I wanted to get most of my plants in the ground by the weekend and right now I only have a few flowers and a couple squash plants left.
Tomorrow I should finish with all my plants including planting all the seeds needed for a successful garden. I will be planting some extra seeds of zucchini and pumpkin. (more…)
I have a few things to tell you about that has been happening today. First off my spinach is staying outside longer and longer and by tomorrow they will be outside for the entire day and night. This will be a relief because I can soon look forward to finally plant them in the ground.
On another note I have some more seeds starting to sprout and these were the last two that I thought would take a little bit longer to begin with. Three of my watermelons are showing signs of life and the Queen Anne’s lace has several coming up from the soil. (more…)
I thought I was going to wait until October to pick them off the ground and bring them in, but a couple of them looked like they were starting to rot and might not make it until next month. I had a couple that would have been find until next month, but I would rather pick them all at once.
A total of four pumpkins was harvested this afternoon and I look forward to using them by the end of October. This is why I grow pumpkins and is something I look forward to each and every season. (more…)
Now it is time for my eggplants to begin ripening and I should be picking many more of them in the near future. I only picked two of them so far, but I still have at least five more growing on six different plants. Some of them have only flowers while others have either one fruit or multiple eggplants.
The bigger eggplant weighed one and a half pounds and the smaller vegetable one pound. This is an average size for eggplants and I can still make a good size eggplant Parmesan with these two vegetables. (more…)
