Sunday's Harvest

Along with the weeds, we also harvested lettuce and radishes this weekend. I took some time to clean up the leftover weeds around the lettuce and then cut the leaves so we can have salads this week.

Here is what I cut:



I also finished harvesting the radishes. Last week, I picked a little over 2 quarts. This week, the radishes were much bigger and they filled 3 quarts.

The weirdest/largest radish:



The rest of the radishes after I washed and cut them:



We had some lettuce last week and it was FANTASTIC. I'm looking forward to more fresh salads this week!

The Weedy Wonder

Ok, I'll admit I've been reluctant to post pictures because the garden had been over taken by weeds. I used Preen for most of the garden, but I was afraid of stunted growth with the plants that were starting from seed. The result? Lots of weeds, but strong plants! I spent this morning trying to control some of the weed problem. I even hurt my finger while weeding!

Ryan caged the tomatoes earlier this week:



Watermelon growing, slowly but surely:



Zucchini is flowering:



Snow peas (freshly weeded). I should have taken a before picture!:



This lettuce has been weeded and there are still a ton of weeds!:



The weekend plans involve a lot more weeding and probably some additional radish harvests!

Time Flies!

Today, I went to the garden for the first time in almost a week! I wasn't too busy for the garden, but we made a short trip out of state last week, so no time to blog or even check on the garden.

While we were gone, we received a good amount of rain (1.3 in) and some hot weather! It's 80 today and HUMID. The garden is growing well, with a few exceptions.

Watermelon - we left the hotcaps on from a couple weeks ago to encourage growth. We have successful growth for 10 of them, but we lost a few plants along the way.

Cantaloupe - these were planted after the freeze threat, but have really struggled getting their roots established. I have three plants that are ok, but I will be planting more soon.

Cayenne pepper - I think an animal may have bit the top of this plant. It looks terrible! I will likely need to plant another.

As previously mentioned, everything else is looks pretty good. We staked part of the tomatoes today and spread some sevin to take care of pest pressure.

The surprise of the day was the radishes. They are ready! Here is the bucket full of the day:



They tasted delicious!

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.