This will probably not be a long post, but I thought I’d share what we’ve been picking in the garden.
While nothing has exploded, we have been getting harvests that are small but consistent.
We planted two different kinds of cucumbers this year. A slicing and a pickling variety. Both are doing pretty well, and we are happy with them. The slicing kind is one of the best cucumbers I think I’ve ever eaten and definitely passed the “Will We Plant This Again” test.
We tried several different kinds of tomatoes as well. One, called Napoli, is doing fairly well considering the struggle they had with weather this year. We’ve gotten several tomatoes off them and they are putting on green ones like crazy right now.
A tomato hornworm got into one of my other varieties and did a good bit of damage to a couple of the plants, but thankfully, they seem to be recovering.
We’ve been getting cayenne and hot banana peppers for a while. The plants are staying small for some reason, but they are putting on more flowers so I’m looking forward to more peppers.
Our jalapeno plants finally have tiny peppers forming. I’d just about given up on them producing anything, but they decided to surprise me.
We also have two melons growing. I believe they’re cantaloupe. None of us really care for melons all that much, but I also don’t remember when the last time I had a homegrown melon. We’re expecting that to make at least some difference and will see if these pass the test or not.
Lastly, we have another plant we’re trying out. They’re called garden huckleberries and are in the same family as tomatoes. Only three plants survived to plant outside and so far only one has any berries on it. But that should be enough to try at least.
We’re working on garden plans for fall this year, and if they work, next year should be a whole lot better. But those plans will have to wait until the next post. Thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you next time!
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