June 18

I haven't been good about posting, but there also hasn't been much going on in the garden.  The zucchini plant has been producing reliably, but everything else is still immature.  I am watching the one large bell pepper on my pepper plant, waiting for it to turn red.  Same with the tomatoes.

I did have one casualty.  I noticed that one of my two zucchini plants was looking a little wilted.  I touched it, and it fell over, a victim of a gopher.  Happily, the other zucchini plant has not been touched, but I was annoyed, because the one that was murdered was just starting to produce fruit.

My volunteer tomato plant appears to be a cherry variety.  Time will tell if they are any good!  The only cherry tomatoes I planted last year were hybrids.  I finally did find an heirloom cherry tomato, but too late to plant this year.

My rhubarb plant is going gangbusters.  I need to figure out what to make with it!  The only thing I know to use rhubarb for is pies and green juice!

The potatoes are also doing well.  No idea if I have any potatoes under there, with stealth gophers in the garden, but I am hopeful.

This is as far as the turmeric had come, prior to somebody (I think a bird) ate all the leaves.  It is now a little stick again, but I put a cage over it, and I am hoping it comes back.










The cantaloupe is finally starting to take off!

As is the grapevine!

And yet another volunteer tomato plant has appeared.  It isn't getting as much water as the others, but it seems to be holding its own.  It started much later in the season than the others, so it is much smaller.

And in the world of volunteers, my "wild" spearmint is also doing well.  I had some peppermint out there as well, but I think the spearmint choked it out.

June 5, 2013

First veggie harvest!!

I waited a little too long on one of these and it was pretty big, so I used it in my green juice this morning.  The other one is just the perfect size and will likely be steamed and eaten as part of dinner tomorrow.  :)

I have been "harvesting" blackberries and strawberries from my potted plants, but these are the first two items from my garden. 

June 2, 2013

Well, May was crazy and I didn't keep up with the blog.  I did keep up with the garden, but felt like everything just sat there and refused to grow.   Then I left for New York, and when I returned....

 Zucchini

Onion (with scallions behind it)

Tomato

Rhubarb

Wild volunteer tomato

Horseradish (newly transplanted from a pot)

Turmeric (started in the house and took FOREVER to grow)

Three-fer:  zucchini plant in the back with potato plant in the foreground, and Italian parsley in front of that.  (Long story)

 Bell pepper

 Hollyhock

 Potted strawberries

 Detail of strawberry

 Potted blackberries

 Same plant, more berries....

Potatoes (russet)

Still a disappointing showing for the lemon cucumber.

And no real signs of growth from the Charentais melon.

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