Archive | July, 2009

Those hardy enough to survive, thrive

by on July 6, 2009 in Harvesting & Preserving, The Growing Garden

july09_0010 copyI just harvested enough green beans for dinner tonight. I didn’t even know we had more than a few because of all the weeds, but on the 4th we managed to get out there and get a lot done. It looks a lot better but still has a ways to go. The husband unit wants to plant a short winter crop, I’m thinking about it! We’re not making plans for spring because I’m not sure if we’ll be here like I’ve mentioned before, but a winter crop would be ok I think!

Here’s one of the plants before picking:

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Cherry tomatoes (the romas are doing good too):

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Cucumbers! I don’t remember now which is which – one is of the pickling cukes, the other is the slicing cukes.

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Carrots and onions

by on July 1, 2009 in The Growing Garden

The list of things that are growing in spite of me (it sure ain’t because of me!!):

Cucumbers
Russet Potatoes
Tomatoes (not great, but we do have baby ‘maters)
Green Beans
Carrots
Onions
Peas (done for the season)
Lettuce (it grew really well, too bad I let it bolt to seed!)

I thinned the carrots and got these (the onion was thanks to the kids “helping”):

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