Back to the Garden
Sep. 5th, 2009 12:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
felis_lupusA Saturday to myself, when it's not raining... Nice. Need to go grocery shopping later, then it's off to the (repaired!) hot tub chez Freegate this evening, but I could putter and take a few needed photos of the little garden box in the sunshine.
Lettuce is growing quite nicely, as are round 2 of the peas. Need to get a support of some kind on the new crop, before they take over the bed. A few seeds from peas round 1 have sprouted behind the cucumber trellis as well... ok, sure. Why not?
Finally have some good tomatoes growing; hopefully they'll ripen before frost comes. There are 6, I think, all clustered together, and potentially a few more up higher on the plant. I had to stuff a few 6' wooden stakes in the ground, through the cage, because it's getting so tall. The tomaccio is going to get a haircut today. It's starting to take over, like any good cherry tomato will, but I am less than thrilled with the fruit itself; it splits with the slightest increase in water, and really isn't anything spectacular, taste-wise. I'm sure they're wonderful dried (supposed to be very sweet, raisin-y), but I haven't ever gotten enough to warrant drying any. Back to basics next year, I think.
A few carrots are starting to show tops above ground; I think I'm going to let them grow as long as they like, unless I get a real craving for fresh carrots. Cucumbers continue to be mediocre at best. I should just pull them out.
It's been getting cooler at night... I don't think the mimosas like it. They're dropping leaves and not looking real happy. Will have to remember to start bringing them in after dark. The larger one has a bunch of seeds, though. I might be able to make more next year (though, note to self: potential invader? southern parts of the US, yes. probably not up here. Still, best to not let it escape.). My plants also seem to be a bit tall and leggy. All other photos I've seen, they're nice bushy little plants. Maybe they're in too much sun? More research is required...
Lettuce is growing quite nicely, as are round 2 of the peas. Need to get a support of some kind on the new crop, before they take over the bed. A few seeds from peas round 1 have sprouted behind the cucumber trellis as well... ok, sure. Why not?
Finally have some good tomatoes growing; hopefully they'll ripen before frost comes. There are 6, I think, all clustered together, and potentially a few more up higher on the plant. I had to stuff a few 6' wooden stakes in the ground, through the cage, because it's getting so tall. The tomaccio is going to get a haircut today. It's starting to take over, like any good cherry tomato will, but I am less than thrilled with the fruit itself; it splits with the slightest increase in water, and really isn't anything spectacular, taste-wise. I'm sure they're wonderful dried (supposed to be very sweet, raisin-y), but I haven't ever gotten enough to warrant drying any. Back to basics next year, I think.
A few carrots are starting to show tops above ground; I think I'm going to let them grow as long as they like, unless I get a real craving for fresh carrots. Cucumbers continue to be mediocre at best. I should just pull them out.
It's been getting cooler at night... I don't think the mimosas like it. They're dropping leaves and not looking real happy. Will have to remember to start bringing them in after dark. The larger one has a bunch of seeds, though. I might be able to make more next year (though, note to self: potential invader? southern parts of the US, yes. probably not up here. Still, best to not let it escape.). My plants also seem to be a bit tall and leggy. All other photos I've seen, they're nice bushy little plants. Maybe they're in too much sun? More research is required...
