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| Purple Dragon Carrot blossom-white |
Boy what a week, so glad that's over! In addition to working my 40 hours I promised a friend to help with their vacation bible school because they were doing a weaving and dyeing unit and I know how to do those things. So all my evenings were taken up with that; I had to get up at 4am to water things.
So I didn't really get any pictures of my harvests this week, although I did harvest tomatoes, chard, amaranth, sorrel, some herbs and more of the Red Pontiac potatoes. Love this Harvest Monday blog hop sponsored by
Daphne's Dandelions!
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| pink carrot blossom |
The Purple Dragon carrots and really blooming up a storm. And I spotted an unusual blossom; this one is pink instead of white. I'll tag the stem and save those seeds separately just to see if it's passed on to the offspring.
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| corn |
The Golden Bantam corn seems to have taken off overnight. It is now taller than the blooming carrots (on the left of the bed) and showing signs of tasseling, although I don't see any ears or silks yet.
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| Hale's Best |
The Hale's Best Jumbo melon that I planted in the cold frame has a good sized fruit. Something is digging under the plants tho, either a rat or a ground squirrel and I have a rabbit nibbling on the outer edges of the vine. The digging killed some of the vines and a couple of the bean plants. But I don't see any hole in the ground around the frame where I could easily set a trap.
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| Bonanza Dwarf Peach tree |
I came home on Friday to find a large branch had broken off my little peach tree (seen here under some nylon net to foil the birds). The leaves weren't very wilted so I took it in the kitchen and stuck it in a jug of water. The leaves revived and I'm hoping that at least the peaches will soften up enough to eat. It's my own fault; I didn't thin it nearly enough, there are probably 30 peaches on that branch!
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| Italian Heirloom Tomato |
The Italian Heirloom Tomatoes out front are setting fruit.
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| Tomato Alley |
The tomatoes on the patio are going like gangbusters, especially the Princepe Borghese. You can also see that the Tromboncinno squash have grown past the roof line and been guided sideways.
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| plum tree with bird netting |
I put bird netting over the plum tree. Maybe I will actually get a few really ripe plums for me this year!
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| Eggplants in pots |
The eggplants are doing well and beginning to bloom
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| pepper plants |
I did manage to amend the bed where the peas had been and planted out the peppers that were in 1 gallon pots. Some of them are beginning to bloom.
I didn't get any pictures but I did take some chard, mixed greens, tomatoes and potatoes and sold most of it at the farmer's market on Sat. The tomatoes were snatched up quick. In fact most vendors were out of produce in about 45 minutes! Hopefully this week will be a little less crazy and I'll get a chance to take more pictures this week.
Everything is growing so well! Sounds like you had a crazy week too. Hopefully this coming week will be a little calmer for both of us and we can spend time in our gardens as well as work.
ReplyDeleteWith all those pepper plants you should get a few to take to the market. I find that bees really love my carrot flowers, that pink blossom is really interesting.
ReplyDeleteYour season is so much further than ours! I'm looking forward to seeing how your Principe Borghese do, wll you try storing them for winter? And any tips for growing eggplant in pots? We're running out of garden space, but still have some eggplant seedlings that need to go somewhere...
ReplyDeleteI might dry a few of the Principe, so I can make dried tomatoes with feta in olive oil with hot peppers; very yummy stuff. Of course I may end up selling them all at the market!
DeleteAll my tomatoes and eggplants in pots are growing in pure compost, tho sometimes I"m short and stretch it a bit with commercial potting soil or just peat moss. I feed them every 3-4 weeks with a mix I make up, 1 cup each, bone meal, blood meal and a soluble potash product. I sprinkle from half a hand full up to two hand fulls (that is I reach in the bucket and grab a fistful, so maybe a 1/8 to 1/4 cup) depending on the size of the plant. Then I top off the pot with another inch or two of compost, tho I really like worm castings the best, just depends on what I have handy. This heavy feeding seems to help keep the plants going all summer and they generally all do very well. Also try to give them some afternoon shade if you are in a hot climate
Hope you can save those few peaches. I know it hurts even to lose a single one.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Love your peaches and plums. Our plum tree died last year. We will have to get another one next year. My peach tree is too small right now to bear fruit but maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteA 40 hour work week and all you grow and throw in vacation bible school on top of that! You are one busy, busy lady! How do you use your tromboncinno squash? Is the Bantam corn a miniature corn? Nancy
ReplyDeleteThe tromboncinno can be used young any way you would use a zucchini, or let them grow and get a hard rind on them and then they will keep like a winter squash.
DeleteThe Bantam is a small heirloom variety, these are about 5-6 feet tall now.
Your garden looks very nice. I see you are growing Tromboncino squash. That's something I want to try next year, but in a raised bed with maybe a 5 foot trellis. Am I crazy to try this, given yours is swallowing the house?
ReplyDeleteyou should probably have more than a 5 foot trellis for the Trombonccino; you can see how big it's getting, also it puts out multiple side branches that climb also.
DeleteI too find it difficult to thin fruits, my Asian pear tree had way too many fruits and needed thinning, then it started to self thin and is still dropping fruits, now I want it to stop otherwise I may not get any fruit at this rate.
ReplyDeletethis little Bonanza peach doesn't seem to drop much of it's fruit unlike my plums and the apple trees that drop quite a few fruits about 6-8 weeks after flowering. So I will have to be more careful about the peach tree next year.
DeleteLooks like everything growing very well, and I want those peaches!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks absolutely wonderful! I am really excited to see how your tromboncinno squash does...I'd love to grow it at some point, but am a bit intimidated by it's size and I think there's only one place we could grow them in the back yard.
ReplyDeleteyes it is really a huge vine, but if you pick the squash when they are small then they are not so intimidating.
DeleteWow 30 peaches on one branch! I need to get some fruit trees planted. Your garden looks lovely. I love the carrot flowers, especially the pink one. Hopefully you will be less busy next week.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is great. I am so envious of your peaches and plums. I just put in a few fruit trees and will have to wait years for them to produce!
ReplyDeleteMost of my fruit trees have at least given me a taste 2-3 years after planting; they do take a bit longer than that to come into full bearing. The little peach tree which is only about 4 1/2 feet tall is about 5 years old.
DeleteLovely fruits and vegetables. Hope those peaches ripen well for you. We've had a few fruit trees die back and start anew this year. Good luck with that corn!
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