Weekly Garden PING!!!!!
my green tomatoes are already the size of a small fist. i can’t wait to taste them in a few weeks. yummy!
We’ve had plenty of ripe tomatoes this week even though the plants are starting to wilt already. I don’t think we over watered or fertilized, since I use mostly leaf and cow manure compost before planting the seedlings.
The same for the cucumbers crop. I have to pick several every other day. The biggest problem I have is the heat here. We’ve hit 100+ at least three times this year and isn’t even summer yet.
I have corn out, but just barely and it nearly ended up out with the mulch in the yard, so I pulled the mud as best as I could up around the exposed roots. I have 6 different varieties of tomatoes, some planted in big flower pots and yards away from each other to prevent cross pollination but it will be weeks before I pick any to eat.
The potatoes are starting to bloom and thankfully for that old pool shell they are well protected from the last wash out and are elevated enough that they have great drainage.
I also have three different varieties of cucumbers spaced as far apart as I can get them, and the bush variety is presenting its first blossoms... can't wait for some crunchy cucumbers.
And it is already June.... hard to believe.
i left for Boise Idaho the day after Memorial Day and it was 73 degrees in Tidewater...I got back and it’s 100. I went to HarborFest in Norfolk yesterday and nearly died...my wife wants to work in the garden today. I’ll just watch.
Behind on my pings ....again.
Will cross link.
Thanks.
You might be interested in how Martha Stewart sets out her tomahto plants:
http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/martha/2008/06/the-seeds-sprou.html
“Here’s a complete list of what we have growing this year – 25 different varieties and 96 plants in all. I cannot wait to pick!!!” says Martha.