I had planted tomato and bell pepper seeds in February, but the tomato starts all died back by April. So I planted seeds again, in April, for tomatoes rather than trying to find the starts locally, because, 1) I had the seeds, and 2) it can be difficult to find quality starts of German Johnson or Purple Cherokee around here. So my guess I will be green housing the tomatoes in the fall.
I have changed up a few things from years past. Rather than try to grow carrots in the garden this year, I planted them in a tub so that I can keep them shaded all summer long until the cooler fall temps kick into gear. The garden bed has been tooo hot the past few years. I lost my garlics again due to the heat this past week. I dug them up yesterday, and, will attempt to salvage what I can. But I think I will be growing garlic in tubs from here on out rather than plant them in the garden. The summer weather has just been too hot for them.
I had about 10 blueberries... had, because the critters have eaten them all. I did get a couple of ripe raspberries off the new plants I put into tubs this year. So that's going better than my attempts the past few years to grow raspberries. First time in four years of attempts to grow raspberries. Not too hot, but too many ground pests that burrow into the roots.
No apples this year. Spring weather was not conducive (too much rain) for pollination purposes.
The seven cherries have been eaten by the birds. But hey, we actually have cherries starting to grow on that darned tree!
Yah, it's just been that type of year.
I planted a bunch of corn (on time), and only about 25 survived due to a rascally vole that keeps trying to undermine my corn attempts. The weather, actually, has been just right for corn this year. But, yah, pests. So I'm trying an experiment. Corn in a tub. I will mound up the corn when it gets a little taller. I normally plant one seed every foot, but trying this "three in a mound" to see if we can get a decent amount of corn by planting in tubs.... If it works, that will be our future strategy. Gardening around here is such a pain!
Finally have the new raised garden bed set up. I threw every packet of old seeds of basil, parsley, cilantro, radishes, bunching onions, and dill into the garden to see if they would even come up. Hey, they did better than I expected. The radish seeds were more of a hit and miss, but we got a few radishes to come up. The bunching onions are sprouting too, looking more like grass at the moment, but hey, I won't complain as I did not expect them to sprout this late in the season.
And, so, yah, the garden may not be master gardener quality, but it kinda is working this year.
PS - did not take photos of everything discussed in this post.
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