Random Stuff in the Garden

Todays harvest gave me...
3 baby cucumbers 11.2 oz's
1 english cucumber 8.1 oz's
1 spaghetti squash (it fell off the vine) 1 lb 8.8 oz's
9 pole beans 1.9 oz's (a nice addition to tonights dinner)

My total harvest is now at 98.8 lb. I still have 11 spaghetti squash to pick. I will definitely make it to 100 lbs of harvest for 2009. Nice!

This weekend we will start to build one of two potato towers. I was able to score some free wood for this project. Below is a photo of where the towers will go. The long season potato tower will go up against the fence where it will get the most sun. The second tower will replace the small brick potato bed used this season for early potatoes. The second tower will be used for the mid season potatoes.



Photo below: I found a bed for the sweet potatoes. This area was not being used for anything...



... so I cleaned it out and dug in some home made compost. I will build up the front with one more layer of bricks to make it a bit deeper. This area gets great sun most of the year.



Photo Below: The garlic is doing very well. I think I will have better luck this time around. The onions in the back of the bed are also looking happy.



Photo Below: The brocolli in bed 3 is getting bigger everyday. Though I do seem to have one runt in the bunch.



Photo Below: I am so happy to see how well the sugar snap peas are doing. They have started to flower and I should have peas in about a week or so.



Photo Below: Bed 3



Photo Below: Pole beans.



Photo Below: The brussels sprouts are growing very slowly. I guess that is to be expected with only a few hours of full sun.



Photo Below: The last of my Fall raspberries. I was really surprised at how sweet they were. Much sweeter than the spring crop.



Photo Below: I let my main strawberries keep their runners. I planted some in a container between the two potato beds.

Bed 2 Slide Show

Bed 2 harvest so far this year...

Cucumbers 32 pounds
Watermelon 2 pounds
Corn complete bust...a big fat zero... Just not enough sun.





Currently planted in bed 2

Cucumbers: They are just about ready to pull out. I have a few cucumbers that are ripening and a few new flowers. I'll let them go until November since I don't have any plans to plant anything in those 5 squares.

Cauliflower: Six Squares, one each. Not sure I will have enough sun to get them to maturity.

Garlic: Two squares, a total of 24 garlic. I know I could have gotten 36 in there.

Onions: Two squares.

Carrots: Three squares.

I still have a few empty squares to fill. More onions maybe?

Independence Day Harvest

Hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day!

I was hoping to harvest some corn today but it isn't ready. I have come to the conclusion that the corn is not getting enough sun.

As always ckick on the photos for larger view.

Photo Below: Today's harvest came in at 2 pounds putting my total harvest at 39 pounds.



Photo Below: I have not paid much attention to the small wonder spaghetti squash. Just waiting for the 9 of them to ripen. Well yesterday I saw this...



...and this...


I have eight more for a total of 17 on two plants! I don't know if they will all ripen before the Fall shade takes over. I will keep you posted.

Photo Below: I pulled out the snap peas and planted a handful of pole beans... or so I thought. I mixed up the seed packet and put in bush beans. When I realized what I had done I didn't want to dig out the seeds so I just planted some pole beans as well. They are all starting to come up and it only took three days for them to sprout and within a few days some of them are already 3 to 4 inches tall.



Photo Below: The carrots in bed 4 have already sprouted. Thanks Granny! Your tip worked really well for me.



Photo Below: I pulled the rest of the garlic out of bed 4. I'll leave them out in the sun for a week or more to dry. Now that I know I can grow garlic.. though they did not get very big this time. I will try again.



Next post... Pumpkins, peppers and pumpkin on a stick.

Garden Tour

The only thing I had on my to do list today was to water and feed all the veggies and transplant the celery into pots. While I was watering I gave everything a real good look and found green aphids on the pumpkin bloom. Only a few so I took them off with my fingers and gave the flower a light spray of insecticidal soap. The rest of the plants looked to be in good shape.

Lets start the tour...

Bed 1 photos below

The cherry tomatoes are holding up quite well in their new home. They have grown a little since their move from the greenhouse.



This one has a few buds on it. I thought about removing them but I think I'll let them stay to see how they do.





One of the two bush tomatoes.



Bed 2 Photos below

The celery is getting so big! I need to move them to make room for the cucumbers and watermelons.



So I transplanted them into pots. I'll have to water them a little more.
(Thanks Jenn :>))



Bed 3 Photos below

I've never had much luck growing cilantro (in pots) over the years. But I think this year my luck has changed. I have four plants in bed 2 and they are all doing well.



The bell peppers are growing slowly and seem to be healthy.



I spotted some buds on a few of them.





Pumpkin bloom





Mini greenhouse for the peppers and pumpkin.



Bed 4 Photos below

The first planting of onions are coming up.



The garlic is growing really fast.



The spinach is sprouting.



Greenhouse Photos below

Winter squash and zucchini



The Corn and Cucumber are sprouting.




Basil seedlings



Pumpkin Peppers



I find it interesting that the leaves on the pumpkin peppers have thorns on them.



Bush Tomatoes. These were my backups just in case the bush tomatoes in bed 1 didn't make it. I think I will be planting these in my sisters yard.



Between beds 2 and 3

Sugar Snap Peas



Strawberry bed



Raspberries



Potato bed 2



Red Norland Potato




Random Photos over the last few days...







Pansy bloom



Nectarine Blooms







Lettuce