The onions, beets and carrots were sprouting. And, I think I may see some zinnia blooms next week.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Finishing up Summer
Went by the garden today. I hadn't been in a week. Luckily, the rain we got yesterday made it out there too. There are about 6 tomato plants putting out new growth and blooms. The peppers still look healthy and the butter beans are blooming again. Lordy, the lady peas are still producing--I picked a big bucketful today. Sweet potatoes may be ready for digging up--I took out a couple last week and they looked pretty good.
The onions, beets and carrots were sprouting. And, I think I may see some zinnia blooms next week.
The onions, beets and carrots were sprouting. And, I think I may see some zinnia blooms next week.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Winner and Champion 2012 garden product is.....
LADY PEAS!
The garden has been a great experience and I've learned so much. Hopefully writing it down in this blog will help me remember better next spring what I should and shouldn't do. One of the 'shoulds' will be planting peas. I have had tremendous success as Steve had predicted I would. They have been producing since early July and it looks like we'll still be picking at the end of August.
Today I picked about a gallon of lady peas and 1/2 gallon of purple hulls (which were shelled and fixed for dinner.) I also dug up my first 2 sweet potatoes. I'm not sure when the right time to harvest them is. I was just anxious to see if there were any tubers underground. When I dug around one plant, they just popped up. One is fist sized, the other smaller. I also worked the ground around the Hhappy Place sign and planted red onion, 2 kinds of carrots and beet seeds. I'm not sure what happened to my green onions. A few sprouted, but so many dill volunteers had also sprouted--those suckers were everywhere! After awhile, I just gave up trying to separate the 2 and proclaimed the green onions a lost cause. I'll try replanting them if I can ever find my packet of seeds.
The garden has been a great experience and I've learned so much. Hopefully writing it down in this blog will help me remember better next spring what I should and shouldn't do. One of the 'shoulds' will be planting peas. I have had tremendous success as Steve had predicted I would. They have been producing since early July and it looks like we'll still be picking at the end of August.
Today I picked about a gallon of lady peas and 1/2 gallon of purple hulls (which were shelled and fixed for dinner.) I also dug up my first 2 sweet potatoes. I'm not sure when the right time to harvest them is. I was just anxious to see if there were any tubers underground. When I dug around one plant, they just popped up. One is fist sized, the other smaller. I also worked the ground around the Hhappy Place sign and planted red onion, 2 kinds of carrots and beet seeds. I'm not sure what happened to my green onions. A few sprouted, but so many dill volunteers had also sprouted--those suckers were everywhere! After awhile, I just gave up trying to separate the 2 and proclaimed the green onions a lost cause. I'll try replanting them if I can ever find my packet of seeds.
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