SteemIt Community Garden Journal Challenge 3 - July
The Big garden
In the Big garden:
Some things have done splendidly in this garden, others very poorly. The splendid:
Broccoli and cabbages
Kale
Storage onions
Garlic
The poorly, due to heat and/or cold:
Tomatoes and peppers
Basil and parsley
Carrots
In the Small garden:
Squashes, some have succumbed to squash bugs and some are huge!
The cukes on the south end of the garden are producing like crazy
Sugar pod and green peas did excellently and are finished
Celery is doing ok, carrots did better here than the Big garden and parsnips are up well this year.
In the Flowerbeds:
Bulkhead garden - balsam
South Herb - bellflower
South Herb - heliopsis
1st Fence garden – needleleaf coreopsis
North Corner garden – marshmallow
V Garden – geranium, black-eyed susans, alyssum, chrysanthemum, liatris
4th Fence – black-eyed susans, wild phlox
In the New Herb garden:
The New Herb garden
Row 1 – elecampane, mullein, Roman wormwood
Row 2 - tansy
Row 3 - heliotrope
Row 3 - calendula
Row 3 – bee balm
Row 4 – German chamomile
Row 6 – Echinacea
Row 7 – Alaska nasturtium volunteer
House Plants:
Clivia
Asparagus fern
Ti tree
Philodendron
Some that’s what I have for my entry in early July.
Another great update, @goldenoakfarm.
I'm so jealous of you for all the space you've got to grow things - although it looks like a lot of work to maintain it all :0)
Compared to everything else, your tomatoes and peppers do look very small. Will they have enough time to grow big enough and produce fruit?
I doubt it, but one never knows. Here in New England in the last 10 years, it's stayed warm with no frost well into October a couple times. If that happens, maybe....
The tomatoes are doing better now. But the peppers and paprika, real sad....
Guess that's part of a gardender/farmer's life: some things work out, and some things don't. And the year after, it's the other way around... :0)
Yup, last year 125# of carrots, this year be lucky to get 25#...
I'd be more than happy with 25, lol. Carrots are not exactly my favorites.
However, I was over the moon to see I finally managed to grow some of a decent size this year. Before, I was too lazy to make the selection and trim down the number of small greens, which meant they were too close together and didn't have room to grow.
I always feel so bad for murdering little seedlings, 🙄
Yes, I always hated pulling seedlings to die. Often I also never got out there and thinned properly.
... which results in the smallets carrots in the world, lol. I know all about that 😂
Lovely! I Ioved wandering though your garden (virtually). All of that chamomile - wow! Just love it all.
Not much chamomile out there now! I've done 2 dehydrator loads of it. But it will bounce back with all this rain and warmth.
oh, wonderful! I bet that smells so good when you open the door. I have managed to grow a little bit this year but it has not flowered yet. I am super excited to have fresh chamomile tea!