The vines of the tomatoes and cucumbers are looking a bit ragged. Things are beginning to wind down. This is probably the last crop of cherry tomatoes. We’ll pick the last of the carrots and cucumbers this weekend and then clear out that area, prepare the soil, and plant something for the change of season.
Author: jeffp
A modest Saturday harvest..
We’re finally getting to pull some carrots, and the cucumbers are winding down. Sometime back we actually split our cucumber crop. We had a 6ft row of Sumter cucumbers but we then split that into (2) 3ft rows, transplanted out 3ft of Sumter cucumbers we gave away, and planted 3ft of Marketmore’s. Unfortunately the latter […]
Finally some Brandywine tomatoes…
Finally some Brandywine tomatoes begin to form. There are hi hopes that these will approximate those you can get on the east coast.
A bounty of fresh figs…
A neighbor of mine has a huge fig tree and they all seem to be ripening at once. So, I helped harvest some that were to high for her to reach and I will distribute to friends and other neighbors with whom we all share produce from our individual gardens. Look how lush the interior […]
A little Philly nostalgia…
I’m teaching a corp. class on campus at UCI this week. A student saw my website, noticed that I went to school in Philadelphia, and mentioned that he was from Philadelphia. We then got into a discussion of foods we missed. That sent me to a local Philly’s Best on my way home. Above is my […]
Garden progress…
Some images of how the garden is progressing: Marketmore Cucumbers Sugar Baby Watermelons