I Do Know Beans

Green Beans! I picked my first bucket of beans today. Unexpectedly, to be honest. I went to the garden to plant another batch of lettuce, radishes and (NEW!)blue pumpkins. While I was out there, I noticed I had a few green beans hanging from the plants.

As I went through the row, I realized there were more than just a "few" green beans. We have quite a few. I'm sure there will be more soon!

Obligatory shot of green beans:



Thanks for looking!

Lots and Lots of Rain

We went out of town this weekend and returned to standing water. The corn field next to our house looks like it suffered some wind or hard rain damage, so we went out to see the garden.

I snapped a few pictures of the current status. Unfortunately, we are expecting more rain this week.

Green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini:



Onions, peppers and a tomato in the corner:



Watermelon area (it has been neglected, it was on the list for "weeding" this week):



On a positive note, I am starting to see growth throughout the garden. The broccoli has mini-crowns on it! This picture isn't great, but I was trying to not get muddy. The "crown" is right in between the big leaves.

Pleased With the Peas

For those of you who are faithful "Kayla's garden" enthusiasts, you may remember last year's Sugar Snap Pea harvest. The harvest consisted of 12, maybe 16, sugar snap peas. Total. Reminder: I am not an expert!

Due to the utter disappointment of last year's yield, I chose snow peas over sugar snap peas this year. They are basically the same concept in my mind, so it makes little difference in my plans to pick, eat, repeat.

I've attempted to update you on the progress of the peas this year, showing you regular pictures of their growth and even showing you a freshly weeded row last week. Reminder of that picture:



You can only imagine the SHOCK I experienced today when I came out to the garden to find snow peas growing on my "green beans"!



Did I mention that I'm not an expert? I apparently switched the order in my mind somewhere after planting and I've been pretty consistent since they've emerged! Oh well.... the good news? We have lots of snow peas!



It was a happy surprise for my Friday and I'm certainly please with my peas!

Full Garden Pictures

It's been awhile since I posted full garden pictures, mostly because there was nothing to show. I didn't get the whole garden in a picture so I will show them in two stages......

The "North Side":



Hotcaps (Rows 1 and 2) are the watermelon. They were planted in hard conditions, so I left the hotcaps on this week to give them a chance.

Row 3: All Tomatoes

Row 4: First three plants are Eggplants, the rest are Tomatoes

Rows 5 & 6: Green Peppers and Jalapenos, respectively

Row 7: Banana and Chili Peppers, Onions

(See next picture for rest)

The "South Side"




Row 1: Same as Row 7 in first picture

Row 2: Zucchini

Row 3: Broccoli

Row 4: Cauliflower

Row 5: Snow Peas

Row 6: Green Beans

Row 7: Lettuce/Radishes

"Open space" Rows 8 & 9: Cantaloupe

I never counted the rows. 15 rows of fine, fresh, farm-raised produce growing! I know we will really enjoy the "fruits" of our labor this summer. It's hard to imagine right now!

EMERGENCE!

Ok, it's been almost a week since my last post - SORRY! It rained A LOT last weekend, so there isn't anything I could do in the garden...but the plants had plenty to do!

I went out today and planted zucchini. I removed the asparagus plants (RIP) and using their row for the zucchini. I'm looking forward to the assortment of squash this summer (zucchini and eggplant.)

Here is a picture of the freshly planted and watered zucchini. Please note, it's incredibly windy today. Check out the emergence of the corn next to my garden!



As a part of my blog, I plan to give regular updates on each of vegetables on a semi-regular basis. Here is your first progress report:

Tomatoes - all plants are growing, looking strong

Eggplants - great leaf growth in these plants, they really strive in our soil type

Green Peppers and Jalapenos - looking good, growing

Banana Peppers - all plants growing well

Onions - some have taken off quicker than others - hopefully this will result in a spread out growing season

Snow Peas - I fear a repeat of last year's sugar snap pea disaster, I see nothing........

Green Beans - EMERGENCE. They look great coming out of the ground!



Lettuce - I had no idea how to plant the lettuce, so I may have not spread it out enough. But, more emergence!



Radishes - The last thing planted from seed, the radishes seem to be flourishing! Glad I have a lot of friends who like Radishes!



I'm still looking for a good selection of watermelon and cantaloupe plants. I plan to check out the Macon County Extension's plant sale this weekend and see what I can find.