Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Garden Update

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.

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.

Here are the 'Green Arrow' shell peas, they are starting to do
very well. As you can see they are just starting to flower.

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.

Here is a fuzzy photo showing the broccoli are 20" high. I
am guessing they will be harvested in 3-4 weeks now.

The kohlrabi are about the size of a gum ball. I can't wait to try these.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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....

one big fruit, it won't be long now. I can taste the BLT already, yum!

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!

16 comments:

  1. I suppose those strawberries brings a whole new meaning to the term "frugal gardening!"

    Everything is looking fantastic!

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  2. Everything looks so good Dan. Lush and full and delish!

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  3. It looks like you'll be able to bypass the produce section of your supermarket for a while, soon. Your veggies look so good, the Romaine nice and crunchy. I have a lot of lettuce too, so time to think of some new salad ideas.
    Looking forward to your tomato update.

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  4. Everything is coming along nicely. The kohlrabi is the same variety I am growing and it is a pretty plant as well as quite tasty. The romaine is looking super. Nicely formed solid cylinder heads - good caesar salad making material there! Mr. Early is on track to provide you with an early tomato - good work.

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  5. Beautiful, Dan. I spotted a bird poop strawberry plant under one of my rhodies the other day. It looks like an alpine berry, so I'll keep a watch over it.

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  6. It's great to see your crimson flowered broad beans. They are beautiful aren't they?

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  7. Such variety!!! love it. And the tomato is totally getting bigger, will he make it in time???

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  8. Your lettuces are further on than mine. Mind you I don't like lettuce much. I only get round to sowing it when my husband reminds me we have none in yet!

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  9. I will be trying the crimson broad beans , you sold me describing the scent.

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  10. Those broad bean flowers are so pretty, so are the little flowers on the bok choi...even though it means the plant is done. Vegetable blooms are sometims as pretty as any "real" flower blooms you have.

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  11. Your broccoli looks wonderful. Mine is having issues. I'm not sure I'll get any broccoli this year. I'm still holding out hopes for one small head, but it isn't looking good.

    Maybe next year I'll get up the nerve to do early tomatoes again. I used to do those, but they take so dang much work. I'm never sure whether it is worth the effort. Then I see others eating tomatoes early and I want them.

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  12. Bird poop strawberries. How funny and the birds were nice to sow some seeds for you. I did not know it got humid up there! I thought that fun was saved for the South lol... The blooms are beautiful even if scented with a humid day...

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  13. Everything looks absolutely lovely. How gorgeous is that Romaine ! and the broad beans are simply magnificient.

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  14. That Romaine has me thinking about Caesar salad. . . Mmmmmmmm.

    It's hard not to feel the teensiest bit jealous of the idea of regular rain! It looks beautiful.

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  15. Wow the garden is looking great! The beds are all full and growing :-)

    I think you'll like the kohlrabi (if you like broccoli). I grew some this past spring and loved it.

    Wow, those broccoli plants are getting tall! You'll have something to harvest there soon.

    I've never heard of the crimson flower broad beans... They look so pretty.... are they cool weather or warm weather beans?

    I'm missing my romaine lettuce -- just way to hot right now for lettuce down here. I am trying a couple of plants in a shaded area to see if I might stand a chance of growing some lettuce through the summer. My fingers are crossed!

    Wow, that is an early tomato for you! Looks like we'll both be having our BLTs about the same time.

    Awesome pics Dan! Great post and garden tour.

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  16. Wow the garden is looking great! The beds are all full and growing :-)

    I think you'll like the kohlrabi (if you like broccoli). I grew some this past spring and loved it.

    Wow, those broccoli plants are getting tall! You'll have something to harvest there soon.

    I've never heard of the crimson flower broad beans... They look so pretty.... are they cool weather or warm weather beans?

    I'm missing my romaine lettuce -- just way to hot right now for lettuce down here. I am trying a couple of plants in a shaded area to see if I might stand a chance of growing some lettuce through the summer. My fingers are crossed!

    Wow, that is an early tomato for you! Looks like we'll both be having our BLTs about the same time.

    Awesome pics Dan! Great post and garden tour.

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