The vegetable garden this summer is far ahead of what was accomplished all of last summer. The corn is tall, some as toall as 6 feet. Tomatoes have set up and peppers are blooming. I picked the first batch of wax beans last week and need to get out and pick the first batch of green beans. I've picked peas twice now.
Last week I went next door and picked blueberries. I've had blueberries in my daily yogurt, WS made blueberry pancakes this morning and I froze several pints of them. Blackberries will be ripe in another week or so - assuming the Japanes Beetles leave enough for picking (last year I got exactly zero berries after the beetles got done with them). I actually cheeted and found one ripe blackberry yesterday and ate it just to make sure I got some one.
The only downside to the warm, sunny weather is that the second batch of salad greens barely sprouted before going to flower (literally - they didn't get over 2" tall before they flowered). Ah well, the Fall batch will most likely do fine.
I hope everyone else is getting to enjoy the fruits/vegetables of their labor!
Sounds wonderful, Bogie. After a couple of years, our blueberry bushes gave up on Kansas. I wasn't keeping their toes wet enough. We are now feasting on tomatoes, banana peppers, Japanese eggplants, and dill and cilantro. (I'm not a serious gardener like you!)
While our pears were still tiny, the critters stripped the tree of the hundreds that were growing. Bummer! (And, I had our last peach tree taken out because we weren't getting to eat any of them - for the same reason.)
Posted by: Cop Car | July 28, 2010 at 06:04 PM