I've harvested quite a bit from the garden so far this year, but there is nothing like the satisfaction of picking that first tomato.
And my first bell pepper was ready:
The corn is starting to tassle. Most of the stalks never got very tall, about 3 feet, but they've got decent sized ears on them. This one is about 5 feet tall.
The Italian prunes have got some good size on them, but won't be ripe for quite some time yet.
The everbearing strawberries are getting ripe.
4 of the lettuce plants survived the heat wave. I will get a few more starts to fill in around them. Didn't get a photo of those as I haven't pulled the dead ones yet.
One of numerous apple trees that won't be ripe for a while yet, but the apples are well sized. We didn't thin them this year. Oops.
All in all the garden is doing pretty well this year. It's paid for itself twice over now and is close to three times. I am still picking blueberries and blackberries. I think I will be lucky to get more than 2 cauliflowers though. It's been pretty decimated though the kohlrabi and broccoli are doing just fine.
First Tomato and First Pepper from the Garden
August 11th, 2012 at 02:14 am
August 11th, 2012 at 02:25 pm 1344691525