ON WITH THE SHOW!
Ok, so I have this crazy feeling (and you probably do, too) that this is going to be another fabulous Green Tomato year! I had a few green tomatoes last year, but the hens got to them before I did, so I failed to make any Fried Green Tomatoes or any other lovely recipe with such ingredients. I was thinking a fresh Salsa Verde would be nice as my husband and I are salsa lovers...
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| Soloist Cabbage |
I planted 9 varieties of tomato this year and a few are finally flowering. The trick will be to get some sun & hot weather to they will grow & ripen before the first frost sets in!
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| Bodacious! |
What is doing well in my garden this year (besides the weeds) are the peas and lettuce. I planted quick maturing cabbage (Pixie & Soloist) and they are growing on nicely. I am also trying cauliflower (Snowball) this year and so far, so good!
My corn (Bodacious) is about 2.5 feet tall and the beans (Oregon 54 & Yellow Wax) are just starting to flower.
As for the potatoes, the Red Pontiac have already bloomed, the Ozette are just starting, and the Yukon Gold have yet to bloom. I hilled them up with straw this year - first time I've ever tried this method. I figure with the weather so wet this year, the slugs have been feasting under there, so we'll see!
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| Boston Marrow Winter Squash |
I am growing a winter squash called Boston Marrow and the plants are going quite well considering the cool summer so far. Hopefully I'll get a squash or two from the 3 plants - at least my odds are pretty good!
My Grey Zucchini are having issues this year... similar to that of tomatoes, the bloosom ends are rotting. I think it is a pollination thing... too wet & not enuf bee action.
Hope your garden is at least trying!
PEAS OUT!
~GP
