Well, it’s week 6 of gardening and it could not be going any better than it is. I probably just jinxed myself saying that, but it’s true. I love walking out there everyday and seeing what’s new, because every single day the garden changes. The tomatoes are doing so much better than expected and they are producing so many new tomatoes that I am already thinking of how I will be using all of them. I had all but given up on my 3 bell pepper plants. When I recently read some online articles about how hard they are to grow and how temperamental they are to temperature changes, I had basically written them off as a loss. The blooms would set, the baby peppers would start to grow, then they would fall off the plants. This went on for over a week. I got so frustrated and gave up on them. The day I walked out to dig them up I was surprised to see that I had several baby bell peppers and they looked healthy! I couldn’t believe my eyes. That was a little over a week ago and as of now I have about 10 peppers that are marble size or bigger. The biggest one will be the size of a golf ball in about 2 or 3 days I am figuring. I am so happy I was too busy to dig them up! My very first tomato that set 3 weeks ago is just about ready to start turning. I have been giving it gentle encouragement to ripen. I am getting slightly impatient……ok, very impatient. I am not the only one though, Brady is very anxious too. He loves tomatoes just as much as I do. The cilantro is trying to take over the garden and it has become a running joke to see just how tall it will grow. It’s about 3 feet tall and I will soon have to cut it so it won’t shade the other plants, but it has been so fun to see how tall it’s getting. I keep thinking it would be a neat addition to any flower garden as it grows fast and produces pretty little white blooms on top that resemble baby’s breath. The cantaloupe didn’t make it so it got pulled up and I had to relocate my strawberries to a pot on the grill patio for more sun. They were getting shaded by the tomato plants. It’s just day 3 of it being moved and I am already seeing shoots that the strawberries will grow from….should have moved it sooner. I planted 2 okra plants yesterday and have read that they love the heat, grow very very fast and can tolerate drought. Can’t wait to see how those do.
baby bell pepper
a cute little bunch of cherry tomatoes
my very first tomato is getting ready to ripen
the early girls are going crazy- a few of these will be ripening very soon.
by krmac
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