Box 1: Zucchini Big and Bold

Even though only one seedling survived, it has proved to be enough for zucchini's box take-over plans. At least it is propping up the tomato, and provided a place to climb for the cucumbers.

Peppers are growing tall, though you can't tell in this picture, and the nasturtium is actually still hanging on. 

Aww, look everyone! It's a baby cantaloupe! Isnt' it darling?

I do like the fuzzy softness.  There are a few more that I've seen on the vine as well.

I've threaded this one through the trellis several times now, trying to keep it up off the ground.  I think at this point if it climbs anymore it will make it over to the honeysuckle.  I guess at that point I won't stop it.

Green Zebra tomatoes. 

One question: if they're supposed to be green, how do you tell when they're ripe?

Boxes 1-3

Box 1

The cucumber is climbing the trellis after all...with a little encouragement!  I wrapped some of the tendrils around it and have also threaded the top growth through twice now.  It has 4 or 5 flowers on it already. 

My one zucchini plant is getting big.  Pepper plants not as big in this box for some reason.

Box 2: somehow I missed pictures of this box last week.

The 2 Sun Sugar cherry tomatoes are doing awesome!  The one on the right is already to the top of the tomato cage.  I need to tie strings between the cages and the trellis to give the others a little more support.

Okra closeup, box 2.  Pretty leaf-shape.

Only one nasturtium left in this box.  Jacob pulled up the other one while weeding.  I hastily replanted it, but it seems the shock was too much for it.

Box 3

Those beans are already starting to take over the box.  The peppers are taller in this box, maybe to keep up with the competition, who knows?  Jacob's lima bean has flowers on it, and the scarlet runner beans have started climbing the trellis.  Maybe we'll get some pretty red flowers soon.  Herbs, okra, cantaloupe, and nasturtiums hanging in there.

Garden Box Updates

Box 1

Just realized the cucumbers I planted are a bush variety, instead of a vine.  Oops.

Split up the two cantaloupe, putting one in each box.

Box 3

In the place of the 2 okra plants that got nibbled, I planted sweet basil, greek oregano, and thyme.

Beans going strong. 2 of the 4 nasturtiums up.

Box 4

Looking good!

Garden Boxes

We've had thunderstorms all week, but there was one day that was just hot and humid with no rain.  It was a Wednesday, and even though I had vowed to get all my tomato plants from the Farmer's Market this year, I didn't want to wait until Thursday or Saturday to do it. Jason was home and kiddos were taken care of, so I just went to Ace Hardware and Wickman's nursery, bought all my plants and seeds, and came home and got them in the ground.  I'm glad I did!  It has rained pretty steadily ever since.

Box 1 

 Back row, against the trellis: 2 cucumbers, my Green Zebra tomato plant, a cantaloupe.

In front is a zucchini hill, a stray potato plant growing from last year's potato patch (oops, guess I missed one!), and on the far right are 2 Golden California Wonder bell peppers.  The front right corner is planted with nasturtiums.

Box 2

I decided to put most of my tomatoes in the same box this year and minimize other plants to give them a little more room.  Back row against the trellis: Sun Sugar cherry tomato, Jubilee (yellow, low-acid) tomato, Mr Stripey (red with orange stripes, 56 days to maturity) tomato, and displaced one square up, another Sun Sugar.  The lone tomato in the front middle is a Champion variety.  Far right, in front of the tomato, is 1 okra plant, and once again, the front right corner is planted with nasturtium seeds.

Box 3

This one probably has the most variety.  Back row, left to right, against the trellis: 1 lima bean (from a PAT activity that we took Jacob to--he planted it in a cup and it actually grew "big and tall," so now it gets a chance in the garden.  I don't even like lima beans, but I digress...) In the same square, I planted a scarlet runner bean.  Next square over is a cantaloupe (officially needs 2 squares against the trellis.)  Far right square has bush beans planted.

Next row up, 2 squares of okra, 2 squares of bush beans.  Next row: 1 okra, 2 Better Bell peppers, 1 square bush beans.  Front row: nasturtiums, then 3 squares of Sweet Pimento bell peppers.

I figured the okra and peppers would be stout enough to stand up against the bush beans' attempts at garden takeover.

Spring veggies, with Becca's leg in view as well. :)

Potatoes are getting big and bushy.  Already, my onions seem bigger than they ever got last year.  The beet tops are looking healthy, and the peas have started climbing the trellis.  I planted a couple of annual flower vines, don't remember the name offhand, interspersed with the peas.  If they grow they should be pretty--orange star-shaped flowers with green centers. And I discovered that this one type of peculiar-looking weed I've been pulling up from this bed has been TOMATO plants growing from last year's crop that must have fallen in the soil!  Awesome! I had just planted all my tomatoes, and it struck me how similar these leaves looked.  So I smelled them, and sure enough, tomato.  Not sure which variety.  There's one tall one in the peas that I'm going to attempt to transplant elsewhere, I think.

Here's hoping we get to sample some of the fruits of these labors before we move.