We had some amazing growth this week, which I would never have imagined! Let me take you around the garden to look at some of it. First, I noticed right away that the beans had doubled in size in a matter of days. I had pruned/trimmed the basil and dill, right next to the beans, just a day or two ago, and the beans were not this thick/tall as they are today.
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| Beans twice as tall as a few days ago. |
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| Baby Beans are Forming |
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The thyme is starting to pick up, as well. Nothing that spectacular, but it's growing and making an impression with it's dark green color.
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| Thyme it filling in. |
The corn, I kid you not, grew 10 to 12 inches in less than a week! The tallest corn is now 60" tall when it was about 50" just a few days ago. The "ear" sprouts are showing up too, but I didn't think to get photos of that.
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| 4-5ft Corn |
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| Nice full tassels |
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Not that they are "my" crop or anything that I did, but the blackberries are thick as can be this year. We've had, actually, perfect conditions for wild blackberries, with temps in the 70s, humid days and cool nights. We are going to have a bumper crop of berries. And they are not even done flowering yet. So that harvest may last well into August.
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| Thick crop of wild blackberries |
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| More berries |
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| Some are still flowering |
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The potatoes took a huge wilt today with the warmer sunshine. Harvest is still planned for the last weekend of July - August 1.
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| Wilting Potatoes |
Tomato blossoms are finally taking hold and creating some nice tomatoes. The Purple Cherokee are a bit ugly in shape, but I think they will be a nice size when ripe. The Sungold have a lot of cherry tomatoes on it. The Chocolate Cherry plant is, so, so with tomatoes. Not a lot, but there's still time. The German finally has its first fruit. I think I see a few more potential ones, but they could be fakes because of the way the blossoms are on this plant. Sorry for the blur. The wind out of the west was a bit blustery today.
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| First German Tomato |
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| Some Purple Cherokee Tomatoes |
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| Another Purple Cherokee tomato |
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| Tomato plants lined up in the warm sunshine |
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I never realized how pretty the Walla Walla Sweet Onion blossoms could be. Enjoying the beauty while waiting for it to die so that I can harvest the seeds for next year.
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| Walla Walla Sweet Onion Blossom |
Our temps finally hit 85 today. That's a decent warm temp for the garden. I pulled the lettuce out of the sun, into the shade to protect it from burning.
