Our garden is busting out all over…mostly. We are getting a good look at which plants seem to like our kaleidoscope of weather. We have our share of hot days, some cooler nights and gusty thunderstorms just as plants are trying to get started. The wind has blown over our tall sugar snap peas just as it’s time to pick them, so it will be a challenge to find the ones that are ready. Here’s the tour of the garden today.
The radishes are ready to pick but even the leaves are having trouble with the heat. I may wait a few weeks to plant again.
I’ve cut off the first heads of lettuce. We will pull out the roots, add more soil and plant again. The plants in the back row are starting to curl and make little heads.
The petunias in the big pot are doing well.
The petunias in the planters by the patio are doing well also. No flowers yet.
The Spearmint in a big pot is spreading out nicely:
This is how the Sugar Snap Peas looked two weeks ago:
After two rain/wind storms, they’ve definitely been hit hard…a real tangled mess. I’ll have to pull them apart to get to the peas that are ready now.
I think they are worth the effort…they are delicious!
The pumpkin plants look huge, even from a distance. Bert saw a groundhog in the area so hopefully the fence will slow him down.
The tomato plants are going strong so far. Bert’s keeping an eye on bugs and wind damage. The tomatoes look great!
The green and yellow beans seem a little behind but they are on their way! The open section that is still empty will be planted with more beans soon. That way they all aren’t ready at the same time.
The carrots don’t look like much, but at least we can see where they are…sort of.
Close-up of the carrots!
The cucumber plants look healthy but it might be a while to eat cucumbers!
And, last but not least, the Echinacea are doing great all by themselves!
So that’s what’s happening around the garden today! Enjoy!
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