I pulled my first real set of carrots from the ground. I'd tried out others, but this was the first time that I saw the tops poking out from the soil and brought them up. I found shades of orange and a little funky white growth. They were also the tastiest to date, but I'm not sure that for this carrot flavor, they are good enough for the space it takes to grow. I may need to try for a sweeter variety.
Tomatoes ripen on the vine every single day. It's a luxury to have as many as we'd like to eat. I've been giving them away, we eat them constantly, and still there are more. I thinking of what to make - perhaps pasta sauce to freeze for the winter? We are even considering canning. Plus we bought an extra freezer!
I started my second set of cucumber seeds. The first group I planted on the hill and they didn't make it. Now, however, I have some aggressive plants making their way up in the bed. It's time for reinforcement. They need something to hold on to.
We keep eating beans. They continue to bloom, grow and produce long, thick, almost perfect beans. Heath says they are his favorite thing from the garden. I've planted a new patch, which will be purple!
The bell pepper plants hadn't been doing much. I moved them into more sun, and still, not much was happening. I added a few fertilizer sticks to each pot (the first that I've used!) and now, a few weeks later, there are new blossoms and tiny peppers.
One problem: who's eating my tomatoes? In the past week, if I don't pick the tomatoes just before they are fully ripe, I find the flesh ripped open with huge masses missing. I'm not sure if its animal, pest or disease. They look perfectly healthy until just before they ripen. I've prevented further destruction by picking things a little early and letting them ripen inside. Who or what is eating my maters? Any expert opinions?
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