Oh the humanity!!! I had only two Brandywine tomatoes growing and they were just entering the ripening phase, and then something began to eat them!!! The 1st day I noticed one had been nibbled and the other was untouched. Then the next morning the 1st one was 1/2 eaten and the other had been violated! […]
Gardening
A few more tomatoes and an eggplant…
Apparently the cherry tomatoes were not completely done and we got several more. Also, we picked one of our 2 eggplants. They don’t seem to be getting any deeper in color — they should be deep purple — or any bigger — just under 6 in. — so we wondered if something was wrong. Turns […]
All the carrots are pulled…
All the carrots have been pulled. They’re not very big but that’s ok, live and learn. The soil is a bit clay-like and needs to be tilled with some sand before the fall planting… which oddly enough carrots are a part of in SoCal. So I guess we will have another harvest in November or […]
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The last of the cucumbers…
We picked the last of the cucumbers this morning and then ripped out the remaining vines. This gives the watermelons more room to grow, of which we found a new one. That’s a welcome surprise. We’ll pull the rest of the carrots in the next day or so and then decide what to plant in […]
Probably the last of the cherry tomatoes…
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.
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 […]
