This is about the time the garden gives us hope for a good harvest! If a plant is going to die, right about now is when we know for sure that it’s time to replant something else!
The hopes for abundant strawberries have been dashed, as one by one the plants withered and died. We started with a 5-tier tower, an extra bucket of 4 plants and a separate pot with 3-4 plants.
Strawberry tower in May.Strawberry plants in May.
We took apart the tower, thinking they weren’t getting enough sun, or water, or something. This is what we have left:
The one in the middle actually had a strawberry…and a roving chipmunk took a bite out of it!Moving on…the cherry tomato plant is doing well.I just discovered the first tomatoes tucked in the middle.The lettuce and radishes at least are doing well. We’ve been eating the lettuce, one bunch at a time and that is the second planting of radishes.This planter has the 4 kinds of shell beans. Luckily, I stuck my labels in the ground when I planted the seeds because they all look alike right now.Cucumbers are going strong.Delicata squash is determined to be bigger than the cucumbers!Up in the big garden, some of the lavender came back fine. A few plants are still thinking about it! The carrots next to the lavender did nothing. We had to replant.I have started to collect the stems. By the end of the summer I should have enough buds to make my lavender-infused oil.The row of carrots (and weeds) on the right are actually growing. Tomorrow, I’ll plant more green beans in the empty row on the left. They’ll be ready in late August.Green beans on the left; yellow beans on the right. Starting to make blossoms.Super Sauce tomatoes doing well.Most plants had at least one tomato and some had more. They all look like yummy pizza sauce in the future!And my crazy garbanzo beans (chick peas). They just make me smile!The echinacea looks impressive. All different stages after wintering over. We’ll just leave them alone and enjoy them.
We have had so much rain we haven’t had to water much. But, who knows, at any time the rain could stop and move us into a dry spell. We’re ready! Enjoy!
