The garden is doing great.. remember those cucumbers I was complaining about in my last post. We'll I'm getting a bunch I usually get about 2 or 3 big sized cucumbers to eat, juice or what ever. This week after I got back from a family funeral, I noticed I had two red tomatoes. Now daily the tomatoes are turning red. I'm happy and not at the same time, as I will have to go out of town and hope they will still be edible when I get back. Such is the life of a Gardner.
Surprisingly my broccoli plants are getting huge, to bad its getting hot now, I could have had some good broccoli's this year. I will know for future reference that broccoli grows slow. I'm sure I planted the seeds at the beginning of march if not earlier.
I'm am already thinking about my fall/late summer garden. I really need to look this up but I'm thinking of starting some more tomato seeds first of July (it should have probably been first of June). Probably starting some of the slower growers as well, broccoli for sure, but maybe a few ever few weeks to spread the growing / harvesting time out a bit. I may have time to plant some more zucchini, but as usually its been a battle w/ vine borers and squash bugs. I really need to have a row cover and fertilize the heck out of them, and they should be growing faster than they are.
Of course as it cools, lettuce and spinach will be a must. But I really need to change what I did last year. The lettuce last year was bitter. I didn't water them as it was fall and seemed to be wet enough. I think this year I will continue the compost tea, watering schedule and make sure to add nitrogen fertilizer from the start and during the growth. Some for the spinach as leafy greens doing very well on high nitrogen, but not high enough to burn them.
Pepper as usual are doing great. I'm now having to look for ways to store the one's that are ready now. Freezing them will probably be the main source. I don't think I will have to grow jalapenos next year as this years crop is really going for it. The egg plants as well. I don't think these will freeze as well as the peppers but I will get it a try, what harm can it do.
