Victory Garden Update
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Do It Yourself
We’ve been harvesting cucumbers since May, cherry tomatoes since mid-May, but this is our first substantial harvest of the year:
This is beth alpha cucumbers, gioia della mensa tomatoes, cream sausage tomatoes, sungold tomatoes, helios radishes, and tropepo rosso onions. The orchard baby corn will be harvested in the second week of July, and the sugar baby watermelons about a week after that.
The golden crescent beans are starting to put out pods, they are destined for vegetable soups. The red rice beans have been planted at the base of the corn and will twine up the stalks. The daikon radish nears harvest time, and new pots of carrots will be started soon.
The peppers are all flowering, with several HUGE fruits already on the red bell plant. The poblano plant holds multiple little green strawberry-shaped peppers. The strawberry plants themselves are getting larger every day, should start to bloom soon. The various melons are running around and over everything in their path.
We haven’t shopped for anything other than potatoes in the grocery store produce section in weeks, and it’s been wonderful.
Tags: Do It Yourself, self-reliance, victory garden
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June 22nd, 2008
My crabgrass and dollar weed harvest is coming along quite nicely.
June 22nd, 2008
@Robb Allen:
June 22nd, 2008
That isn’t food. That stuff is what food eats.
June 22nd, 2008
DW
Food may eat it, but it also acts to complement said food rather nicely.
June 22nd, 2008
Hazel, your garden is doing better than mine. We had such a cool spring that things just didn’t grow. Now that summer has finally arrived, it’s better. How much space is your garden using?
June 22nd, 2008
@John C: We have four 2×6 boxes and numerous containers.
June 22nd, 2008
Sounds like you are doing great for a small space. I moved some things around in the back yard and managed to get a 14′ x 20′ space. I also built some boxes and hung them on the fence for things like lettuce and herbs. The best thing about this garden is that my 8 year old daughter is having a blast with it.
June 24th, 2008
Hazel- a belated thanks for the seeds you sent. Am constructing my Harbor Freight 4×8 greenhouse to house my garden. Nights still in the 40-45F range and we’re trying to see through the smoke of the fires 4-5 miles from here, and hoping we don’t have to quickly leave everything behind.
Thanks again.
Rob J