Photo Journal Update

I wanted to use the large planters in which the radishes were growing for green beans, so the remaining radishes were pulled a bit early.

We should have Blue Lake Bush Green Beans in a few months. 

The Tiny Tim tomatoes are plumping up; they are not as tiny as I thought they would be. Just the plant itself is demure!

My first attempt at growing carrots in containers is still looking good.  We will find out in a month or so if it was successful. 

I woke up this morning only to see holes in the arugula seedlings.  Usually I don't have any insects interested in arugula!  Never know!

Glad to see the Principe Borghese tomato plants fruiting.  Anxious to do a good job this year sun drying tomatoes for winter use. 

The cucumber beetles are munching less frequently on the cucumber plants. Thank goodness, I was writing off pickles this year. 

How much fun it is to have fresh herbs at my disposal for cooking!!

I am hoping the morning glories fill out soon. It looks rather thin right now!

Still no figs, most likely not this year.  The nasturium add good color to this corner. 

The lobelia is still one of my favorite flowers. 

The potted morning glory is working it's way up the baker's rack. 

The okra has finally taken a turn for the better.  Was almost writing off any okra this year since the okra in traditional row garden #3 is doing poorly. 

The cucumbers are climbing up the gazebo as directed. Supposedly, beans and cucumbers are complimentary crops. 

And here is her sister plant on the other south corner of the gazebo!

Traditional Row Garden #4 - kale, peppers, green beans and sweet potatoes. 

Traditional Row Garden #1 - green beans, zucchini, yellow and butternut squash. 

Guess what's for dinner!

Traditional Row Garden #2 - corn and butternut squash

Traditional Row Garden #3 - onions, tomatoes, green beans, okra, edaname, leeks, watermelon, cantelope, delicata and hubbard squash, cucumbers and Lebanese squash

Looking from another view - wish the squash in the front row would get their act together!

The dirt is filing in around the leeks.  Looking forward to potato and leek soup this fall. 

There are many gaps in the pole beans row; I am thankful for what was left behind by the slugs. 

More gaps is this bed of bush beans

The mystery tomatoes are doing great.  May know what a few of the varieties are in a week or two. 

Blocks two and three of the onions are doing very well. May have a good amount of onions after such a weak start.

The back yard gardens bring such joy, especially when I can make fresh baby food for my grandsons!

The coleus urns like their location in the yard. I keep pinching off the seed heads that keep appearing every three weeks or so. 

Not much wilting yet from the container potatoes.  Would love to see lots of good size potatoes in a month or so. 

Capped off the new beds with grass clippings.

The hoophouse takes on different configurations each week.  

The Green Arrow peas are enjoying their new home. 

Glad I chose to place extra onions in the hoophouse.  Covering my bets to harvest at least some onions this fall although the ones in the fields are doing much better than I though they would do.

The beets have germinated in the hoophouse.

The turnips, too, have germinated in the hoophouse.

No signs of stress with the climbing tomatoes in the hoophouse. 

The parsley up top in the photo keeps up with my demand for tabouli and bean salads. 

This is the third or fourth year of the raised beds in the hoophouse and the soil is absolutely terrific!

What is that growing beside the kale!!  Looks like cucumber seedlings!  Did I plant them?  I guess I did! I will move the kale to make room for potential cucumber plants. 

Better do something with the dill. Maybe herb bread. I'll have plenty of dill seeds for pickles!

The white hibiscus is much smaller in size this year.  It is much appreciated; it's far easier getting around the tomato plants. 

The oval tomato garden.  All determinant tomatoes; should only get one foot taller, if that. Let's see if I'll have to eat my words!

Lots of grapes this year. I've been pinching off the fungal diseased ones with some regularity. 

The tomato raised beds up on the hill. 

Yummy kiwi yellow raspberries. 

Picked the first handful of kiwi raspberries this week.  The squirrels and birds are leaving them alone for now.

Scarecrow is a fun feature in the garden. 

The upper garden raised beds - the vacant spaces need to be addressed soon before I run out of growing time. 

The horseradish plants, looking better but not great.  It's what lies below, however, that matters!

Livingston Pie pumpkin plants

So this is what a shallot looks like, or so I guess!  

The herb raised bed with onion sets growing behind it. 

This is what's left of the small crop of green beans.  Will convert this raised bed into storage carrots soon. 

The eggplants (rear) and peppers (front) are getting "greener", yes?

Need to get my act together and root the many strawberry runners.  

I plan to sow many more wave petunias next year and be sure to bring them up front in the garden bed. 

Will likely cut back the potentilla cinquefoil soon.

Next year I am going to sow far more dahlias.  They are candy to the eyes in the flower garden.

These two flowers, black eyed susans and shasta daisies, compliment each other, don't you think?

The Empress Nasturiums are very brilliant in color. 

The morning glories are sure taking their time climbing the lamppost. 

Pleased to see no gaps in the alpine strawberry border flanking the brick path. 

The alpine strawberries are quite large this year and especially sweet. 

The window boxes look a bit tired, but won't trim them back till the end of the month.

The asparagus are looking more fernlike every day. 

Lookoing forward to the Mammoth Sunflowers behind the cabbage and broccoli.

Still have half a dozen apples on the apple tree.