Some of What's Growing

Took some pictures of various things growing in the back garden and out in the front yard.

Herbs

Yummy basil

Sage

Tomatoes

Juliet 

Cherokee Purple

Large Barred Boar

Melons

Charentais in the garden

Charentais out front

Galia, seeds from a delicious store bought melon

 Pumpkins

Jack o Lantern

Sugar Pie

 Okra

Red Okra

Juliet Tomatoes

Pulled this handful of Juliet tomatoes today. Accidentally knocked off a green one in the process. Hoping it will ripen on the counter.

Juliet tomatoes

These and the Sun Golds are the only tomatoes I've been able to eat so far. The Sun Golds rarely even make it in the house due to being so damn tasty. 

I think I posted about the Cherokee Purple and Large Barred Boar having fruit that "stalled" during the growing process. Well, they finally started to ripen after I started using MiracleGro, but they still didn't look right so I pulled them so the plant would stop expending energy into them. There are two new Boars and one Cherokee growing so hopefully all will be well with those. Still waiting on the first fruit to form on the Berkeley Tie Dye.

Not much happening

Haven't been posting much since there is not much to report. Mostly waiting on stuff to grow. I picked up 3 more tomato varieties on the 4th and got them in the ground along with a couple of eggplants and a couple habanero plants. I also picked up a basil plant. Third time's the charm, right? I kept this one out of the garden in a pot and it's looking good so far.

I've been able to harvest a few Sun Gold & Juliet tomatoes a couple times but nothing from the bigger varieties. The sun golds are so sweet I wish I had planted two of them. Next year. I picked the ones below this past Sunday.

Sun Gold & Juliet

The other tomato plants that had started growing fruit, the Large Barred Boar and Cherokee Purple, seemed to have stagnated. The 4 fruit just did not get any bigger or ripen. This, and seeing a friend's big bushy plants, made me decide to start using MiracleGro. I have to say, the plants look a bit fuller and there is more fruit coming in so I'm glad I did it. Now, hopefully they will mature and ripen like they are supposed to. Still waiting for the first fruit to appear on the Berkeley Tie Dye but at least it has started flowering so that's promising.

The royal purple bush beans are growing nicely and I had a nice germination rate so I have high hopes for a nice yield.

I have sowed corn twice in two different spots and just did not get good results. I'm probably going to end up turning in both areas as I need them as there just aren't enough plants for the amount of space they're in. I know corn needs other plants to germinate and the area just isn't promising.

I pulled up the last of the small onions and have been using them for various things. I will definitely be better about thinning next time I do onions.

I plan on getting some brussel sprout plants in the ground this month. Yum.

My housemate dug up a big ugly bush in the front yard and has sowed melon, okra, and 2 kinds of pumpkins in a nice space by the driveway. She also added a few basil plants, a couple of tomatoes, and a serano pepper plant. The more food growing, the better!