Well,
even though there are any number of things I could talk about, and
waste everyone's electrons on my opinions (and who really cares about
my opinions at this point when it's so much after the fact?) about
those things, I'd rather spend my time talking about my garden. It's
probably better for my blood pressure and health at this point to
talk about that rather than politics or government. Besides, my
opinions on both would probably shock people, and I don't want to
deal with that. So, it's off to the garden we go.
And how
are things growing right now? I'll start with the seeds I planted.
As far as the beans go, they seem to be growing really well right
now. The peas and onions are not doing quite as well as far as their
amount and rate of growth, but the peas are at the point where they
are beginning to produce pods. I was able to pick three pods the
other day. So it looks like I will be able to at least get some peas
to eat the same day. The onions appear to be at least holding their
own. We'll get at least a few, and we should be able to enjoy them.
The weather (which has been hotter and drier than other years) seems
to have negatively affected them, at least in the growth department.
The carrots are spotty, as usual. One of these times, I'm going to
get a better turn out from them, but not this year. Still, some
fresh carrots will be good in the fall.
Plants?
The tomatoes seem to be holding their own, and given how what seems
to be the conventional wisdom regarding growing tomatoes I'm very
happy. We've got about 8-12 small tomatoes and they seem to be
ripening. Again, not really enough to do much with, but enough we
can enjoy them in a salad or something similar. The lemon cucumbers
seem to be growing well, and they've started producing. I think I
should have read up on them more. The consensus seems to be that
they are very prolific in their fruit development, and I've got three
plants. I guess I should be happy I didn't buy more than that. And
finally the spaghetti squash. They seem to be quite content in
spreading out. They appear to be attacking the lemon cucumbers, at
least in this picture they seem to be. I've seen a few flowers, but
no fruit yet.
With
the dry weather, I've been going out on a fairly regular basis and
watering the entire garden. This year, it's really been a
requirement to water the garden, with the heat and lack of
precipitation in order to prevent them from drying up and dying. It
would be nice for some rain to come and help, but in the meantime I
guess will continue on and see what comes.
