The garden is bustin...
The garden this Friday - July 15th - 2005
Everything is growing at full speed. The tomatoes are growing strong - have flowered and formed some small green baby tomatoes already. The peppers, to my surprise, are growing with vigor, as you can find a handful of green peppers under each plant. The one remaining cilantro plant is flowering nicely, the sage and oregano are out of control, the chive plant is chillin', and the dill is heading for the stars. The green onions are impressive, and tasty to boot. The basil is coming along nicely, and I picked one taxi tomato already. The cosmos have not flowered yet, so I'm not sure if thats ok, or if they are a little late. I am careful not to really water them at all - just letting the rain take care of them.
The onion plant I cut back, removing all the crazy mid-level onions that were growing in mid-air. I see a few onions underground, trying to pop to the surface, so thats' good news.(08/15/05 - feeling pretty silly looking back at this - as I now know this is not a weird thing that happened, but that this onion plant is supposed to grow this way - duh! The other ones growning more normally are a more common type of onion...now I know.)
The weather has been hot, lots of sun , and not much rain. I am watering about every 3 days or so. The communal raspberries are growing swell, a nice treat after gardening in the morning. The weeds are mostly non-existant these days, thanks to some extra hay and not much rain. Everyone's gardens are looking fine, and the grapes are going to be a nice treat sometime next month I hope. I also planted the habernero, hopefully it will do well in the spot the cilantro keeled over.
side view
dill plant gone crazy...
About to transpant this little habernero from Tony....
Peppers are doing swell, cosmos are getting tall, no flowers yet...
The first (and out of focus) taxi tomato to pick
There are those peppers again, can't believe how well they are doing
Peering into the garden center...
Straight on view...
Under the green salsa peppers...I picked (and ate) one the other day - hot hot!
Looking into the Celebrities...
Cilantro gone to seed and flowers - the seeds will come in handy later...
Onion and green onions, green onions are perfect for picking now - delicious and so fresh!
Dil flowering...
One of those Red Beauties - still green and only a few inches so far
Lookin up at the dill and Somerville Osgood neighborhood
Looing up at the Celebrities...
My bounty today - going easy on the green onions since I just picked about 30 the other day.
Grren onion on the composter
Right side view, before leaving garden.
Everything is growing at full speed. The tomatoes are growing strong - have flowered and formed some small green baby tomatoes already. The peppers, to my surprise, are growing with vigor, as you can find a handful of green peppers under each plant. The one remaining cilantro plant is flowering nicely, the sage and oregano are out of control, the chive plant is chillin', and the dill is heading for the stars. The green onions are impressive, and tasty to boot. The basil is coming along nicely, and I picked one taxi tomato already. The cosmos have not flowered yet, so I'm not sure if thats ok, or if they are a little late. I am careful not to really water them at all - just letting the rain take care of them.
The onion plant I cut back, removing all the crazy mid-level onions that were growing in mid-air. I see a few onions underground, trying to pop to the surface, so thats' good news.(08/15/05 - feeling pretty silly looking back at this - as I now know this is not a weird thing that happened, but that this onion plant is supposed to grow this way - duh! The other ones growning more normally are a more common type of onion...now I know.)
The weather has been hot, lots of sun , and not much rain. I am watering about every 3 days or so. The communal raspberries are growing swell, a nice treat after gardening in the morning. The weeds are mostly non-existant these days, thanks to some extra hay and not much rain. Everyone's gardens are looking fine, and the grapes are going to be a nice treat sometime next month I hope. I also planted the habernero, hopefully it will do well in the spot the cilantro keeled over.
side view
dill plant gone crazy...
About to transpant this little habernero from Tony....
Peppers are doing swell, cosmos are getting tall, no flowers yet...
The first (and out of focus) taxi tomato to pick
There are those peppers again, can't believe how well they are doing
Peering into the garden center...
Straight on view...
Under the green salsa peppers...I picked (and ate) one the other day - hot hot!
Looking into the Celebrities...
Cilantro gone to seed and flowers - the seeds will come in handy later...
Onion and green onions, green onions are perfect for picking now - delicious and so fresh!
Dil flowering...
One of those Red Beauties - still green and only a few inches so far
Lookin up at the dill and Somerville Osgood neighborhood
Looing up at the Celebrities...
My bounty today - going easy on the green onions since I just picked about 30 the other day.
Grren onion on the composter
Right side view, before leaving garden.
posted by Page | 2:40 PM
2 Comments:
my garden is nowhere as bountiful as yours! at this point i'm giving up, next year i'll just grow in my parents' backyard.
what kind of fertilizer are you using to get such production? the blood of virgins? i know a devil's pact is some how involved!
- tony
tony,
If I have this garden next year, we can plant some things together here. I'll have plenty to share the bounty this year...green onions anyone?
I mix some cow manure in with the dirt, it's supplied with the $20/year fee we pay for the garden space. I also water with a teaspoon of plant/vegatable fertilizer once a week. The tomatoes and peppers really thrive, and need to be fed more than other plants.
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