Friday, July 1, 2011

Tropical Jungle

Rain, sun, rain, overcast, rain, sun...... I think you get the point. It's been a moist season so far and much cooler than normal for this time of year. We had our hot crazy weather in the early spring and now that it's summer we are having spring weather.

... And the garden is loving it! It's growing like mad and I am going to be very busy soon. I think that while we are gone on vacation there will be some things that should have been harvested and will be lost. With the weather being so nice I think I'll have an early crop. The beans, patty-pan squash, zucchini and cucumber are blooming like mad!!!

Once again the peas are not doing so well though, I just learned this year that they don't like something wide to climb so the lattice I put up won't work.

This bed is the old well established tomato bed with the tomato plants that were fried in April's 100+ temps... not looking so fried now...
And on the right is the tropical jungle called the herb bed.... oregano gone wild!

In the second oldest bed is a wild mess of potatoes and broccoli... oh my, I way over planted this bed! The plants are growing well so I'm hoping to enjoy a harvest later this year but there's no room to get in and work the soil around these puppies...

Next there's the bed we put in last year with cuke's, carrots, asparagus, kale, garlic and eggplant.... like I said, tropical jungle!

Then there's the new beds this year. The first of which has 4ft tomatilla plants and patty pan and zucchini taking over..

Hidden amongst the tall mess is pepper plants who are doing nicely...

Not to mention the blue-lake green beans growing high behind the tomatoes...


And it's not going to be long before I'm harvesting these zucchini...

I'm excited to see the tomatillo patio lanterns, they're still light and have not developed the fruit yet but it's only a matter of time..

..and not to mention the cuke's which are soon to be ready too...

Lastly, and appropriately so is the last bed put in this year. Carrots, romaine, celery, parsley, summer savory, and leeks growing nicely in the part shade.
 Oh, my.... I'm going to be busy harvesting soon....