Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on August 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The garden is officially out of control. I missed last week’s update because the rain kept me from being able to take photos. This picture pretty well sums up the state of things this week. Yes, that’s a rotting tomato, and yes that’s a big ole’ slug feasting on it.
The squash plants are pretty well [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on August 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
All those little guys from last week’s squash photo are almost ready to pick. Some of them might get harvested tonight, some tomorrow.
Here’s a close-up of the fungus that’s spreading over the squash plants. I have no idea what it is and haven’t had time to research possible remedies, but it bums me out to [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on August 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve finally got usable chili peppers, and we’ve picked two small bowls worth already for use in pickles and some salsa. As it turns out, hot peppers from the garden are much hotter than what we’ve been buying in the store, and the oils linger on your hands for much longer.
Super Chili #1 looks good.
The [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on August 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Actually, a hard rain did fall. Last night, for about twenty minutes tops. The dinky little powerful storm managed to fell a pepper plant, shown above, and …
… totally beat up on the poor squash plants, breaking limbs and hammering the leaves and just generally making puddles and wetness for the leaves to lie in [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on July 28, 2006 | 2 Comments »
One end of the garden is full of gloom and doom, as the cucumber plants slowly but steadily wither away. I don’t really know anything about the lifespan of cucumber plants but my theory is that their death is a combination of two factors: old-age and cucumber beetles. We noticed some brown spots on the [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on July 20, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Most of the action this week has been in the growth of the tomatoes. The Romas are turning red and multiplying.
Here’s a string of cherry tomatoes in varying degrees of readiness.
The Beefsteaks continue to grow. No sign of red yet, though. And yes, those are my feet at the bottom of the [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on July 19, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Blueberries and Cucumbers and 1 little Cherry Tomato.
A whole bunch of basil.
With the blueberries, I made these very tasty Blueberry bars, with a recipe I found on Farmgirl Fare. I topped it off with a scoop of fresh vanilla ice cream while it was still warm. Super yummy.
With the basil, we made pesto. [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on July 13, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Last night’s harvest: 8 pickling cukes, parsley, dill. Not pictured: 1 sugar snap pea.
Some more of the squash that’s growing. This guy’s about 4 or 5 inches long.
The margin of difference between the size of Squashimus Prime and all the other squash plants continues to widen.
These guys are almost ready for picking. [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on July 12, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Last night was our largest harvest yet: 9 pickling cucumbers, 2 straighneck yellow squash (although one of them looks like a crookneck …), 6 sugar snap peas, 1 green bell pepper, 2 sweet 100 cherry tomatoes.
Another view of the pile of good eats we pulled from the garden. Tonight we plan to make [...]
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2006 on July 10, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Harvest: 5 pickling cucumbers, 1 Roma Tomato, 5 peas, and a bunch of Dill. I didn’t mean to harvest the Roma, but I just barely touched it and it fell off in my hand. I have it in a paper bag now, hoping to ripen it just a touch more.
Flower in the Garden Tangent: Mystery. [...]
