Here goes an overall update on the veggie garden. I will start with the peas. They have just started to grow fast after planting transplants on April 27th.
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These are the sugar snaps growing in a terracotta pot. They are growing a
little slower then I want but at least they have started to do something.
Once the heat does these in in July I will be planting a white cucumber in this
pot. The variety will be 'Pearl Hybrid' and has a days to harvest of 57 days.
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Here are the 'Green Arrow' shell peas, they are starting to do
very well. As you can see they are just starting to flower.
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This is the broccoli, kohlrabi & romanesco broccoli bed. It is also
interplanted with onions sets and a row of radishes that are now
ready to harvest. The trellis behind them will be planted with
squash very soon. Looks like I need to start planting the second
crop of broccoli.
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Here is a fuzzy photo showing the broccoli are 20" high. I
am guessing they will be harvested in 3-4 weeks now.
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The kohlrabi are about the size of a gum ball. I can't wait to try these.
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Here is an overview of the broad beans, bok choi & romaine. You maybe be
wondering what all the yellow flower are? Well those are all the bok choi
that have bolted. They were perfect baby size but I held off harvesting for a
few days and every one bolted. I hope for better luck with them this fall.
They will be composted and replaced with cranberry beans tomorrow.
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Here are the beauties of the patch, crimson flower broad beans. The flowers
smell amazing and on humid days they perfume the whole area. These are
keepers for sure!
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The romaine is going gangbusters. I have 16 heads like
this and they badly need to be thinned to 8 heads. We need
to get eating!
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This bed is multi planted onions with beets, carrots & lettuce planted
in between. The trellis behind them will have cucumbers very soon.
The carrots and beets are not growing very fast. I think this is from the
dry spell we have been having, This evenings rain is much needed.
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Here is the spring greens & radish bed. Most of it has now been harvest only leave a
little lettuce to go. Once the lettuce is gone I will plant the remaining 5 tomatoes here
and do a post about all of tomatoes in the garden. To the end of the bed is garlic and
along the front is onion sets.
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Even thought I will soon do a post on all the tomatoes, I had to
share of photo of mister early. He has loads of flower buds out and....
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one big fruit, it won't be long now. I can taste the BLT already, yum!
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I will end with what I am calling my bird poop strawberries. I noticed a small
strawberry plant growing in one of the perennial gardens last summer. This
spring it grew into one large plant with two off shoots so I planted them up
in this window box I had in the shed. I did not plant them so they must have came
from the birds, thanks for the free plants birdies!