Its now mid June, and some of the crops (generous term) are starting to come in. Picked a bunch of tomatoes today, maybe 10 pounds. Several varieties, but the Tycoon tomatoes are a bit of a disappointment. They seem to sunburn much more easily that any of the others. This new variety supposedly sets the blossom better in hot weather, but the grower did not say anything about sunburning. Early Girl was truly the first to produce fruit, having had the first tomato now for at least 3 weeks.
Onions planted for bulb onions are getting eaten so fast as green onions, there wont be any to mature into bulb onions.
Only planted three hills of potatoes (rather than throw away bought potatoes that were too far gone to eat). These three hills produced nicely. Got nearly 15 spuds back from three seeds. In my younger days, we were always thrilled to get production that returned at least one potatoe more than the seed spent. (Our soil then was poor and we knew nothing of fertilizer)
Zucchini is going gangbusters, getting tired of eating those already. Big question is should we make some zucchini pickled spears or not?
Pattypan squash is good, have harvested at least 8 from two plants.
And then there is the spaghetti squash. Last winter, a purchased spaghetti squash went bad in the pantry, so we tossed it into the garden. This spring, a whole bunch of seedlings showed up where the squash had decomposed. So, I thinned them to about 6 plants and turned them loose. The squash plant is running all over the place, with about 9 squash on the vine. Spaghetti squash is a winter squash, which means the squash must ripen on the vine, much like acorn and butternut squash. So, we have about another month to go before we can even think about harvesting.
Then, it will be time to plant butternut squash for late fall harvest.
We have a big rue plant, not sure what to do with it.
The Althea I thought had died has now put out some leaves.
Then, the kidney wood, (bee brush) which appeared to have died after I planted it, then put out some nice leaves, but now the deer have nipped the top off it. (deer meat tastes good, I have to keep reminding them).
Onions planted for bulb onions are getting eaten so fast as green onions, there wont be any to mature into bulb onions.
Only planted three hills of potatoes (rather than throw away bought potatoes that were too far gone to eat). These three hills produced nicely. Got nearly 15 spuds back from three seeds. In my younger days, we were always thrilled to get production that returned at least one potatoe more than the seed spent. (Our soil then was poor and we knew nothing of fertilizer)
Zucchini is going gangbusters, getting tired of eating those already. Big question is should we make some zucchini pickled spears or not?
Pattypan squash is good, have harvested at least 8 from two plants.
And then there is the spaghetti squash. Last winter, a purchased spaghetti squash went bad in the pantry, so we tossed it into the garden. This spring, a whole bunch of seedlings showed up where the squash had decomposed. So, I thinned them to about 6 plants and turned them loose. The squash plant is running all over the place, with about 9 squash on the vine. Spaghetti squash is a winter squash, which means the squash must ripen on the vine, much like acorn and butternut squash. So, we have about another month to go before we can even think about harvesting.
Then, it will be time to plant butternut squash for late fall harvest.
We have a big rue plant, not sure what to do with it.
The Althea I thought had died has now put out some leaves.
Then, the kidney wood, (bee brush) which appeared to have died after I planted it, then put out some nice leaves, but now the deer have nipped the top off it. (deer meat tastes good, I have to keep reminding them).
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