June 30, 2013

More o' the same, just growing larger is all...

Better Boy

Early Girl

Carmelo

Spanish musica

zucchini

tomatillo

Italians

padron

herbs

June 23, 2013

The garden is in full gear now except for some reason I still cannot get basil, lettuce, or mesclun seeds to take at all. I'll clear some soil and make another try this week.
Meanwhile we're about to get a rare June storm in tonight so the garden might get soaked with as much as .25" by Tuesday morning.

Last week we harvested the garlic.

Purple Italian, Russian Red, German Red

New pepper plants - padron, NuMex Big Jim, and Jaluv an Attitude

The squashes have already started fruiting

Costanuto Genovese

Carmello

Early Girl

Better Boy

Beans are just coming out now

The tomatillo is busting flowers

Parsley box

Herb containers

June 7, 2013

Returned from the last trip to Portland on Monday but immediately fell quite ill for a few days. Today has really been the first day that I've been somewhat back to normal so I haven't had a chance to get back to the garden.
Meanwhile this is the most recent set of photos of the garden.

First harvest of the beets

The tomatoes seem to have grown too big for the allotted 8x4 space this year

Only the kale, chard, and beets remain in this box

Garlic is probably within a week or two of harvesting

I think I made a mistake in the placement of the tomatillo plant as it partially blocks the peppers from the sunlight.

Squash don't seem quite as robust this year though it's still early. Seems like an indication of the health of the soil and maybe placement in terms of sunlight.

The parsley is starting to take off now

May 29, 2013

A couple of trips to Portland this month has kept me from posting but not from keeping the garden up. The tomatoes are busting like I've never seen before, beans coming up, kale, chard, and beets doing well. I got two summer squashes for the back bed and a 'patio' version that I potted. I also got another Bearss Lime that I put into a container and repotted the 'dwarf' tomato into a larger vessel. I moved the parsley into the back thin bed by the hedge.
Trimmed the dead flowers off of the large thyme and cutting back on watering the dry herbs; tarragon, oregano, and thyme.

Next up, when I return next week, more seeds into the trays, as well as seeding in place of basil, salad greens, and lettuce.