I am really liking the Container
Corn from Burpee. Although I did have a bit of a scare last week. Heavy winds
and rain attempted to demolish my bales. Corn was laying over and I thought for
sure I'd lost them. I gave everything a day to dry up a bit then I went out and
stuffed them a bit farther down in the bale. As you can see, they are doing
well. Here's a close up of Tassle and Silk:
Silk peeking out on that center
stalk about 2/3rds of the way down.
Tomatoes are doing well:
If you look almost center of the
picture, near the bottom you see an Amish Paste getting ripe. Now if they would
just all do that at once so I can put up Spaghetti Sauce!
Plum Tomatoes finally setting
fruit. They are also loaded with blooms. And when these fizzle out, I have a
volunteer. This little guy came about when my MIL and I were tying up the
vines, a couple broke off. I tossed them into the leaf compost in the center of
the bales.
Potatoes are going crazy. Even
the Sweet Potato vines are spreading out.
Onions are starting to die back.
They seem a bit small. Wondering if shoving them down in the bale a bit farther
will help.
In spite of the heat and the tiny
plants, I have green beans! LOL These will definitely be a fall replant in a
couple of weeks:
Finally seeing Banana Peppers. I
could use these to produce a bit heavier though as I only have 2 jars left in
the stock-up.
2 yellow banana peppers peeking
out at the bottom left.
My best producer this year has to
be my cucumber plants. Both the Pickling and the Burpless are going
gangbusters:
I am picking an average of 4 a
day from each plant.
Last weekend I put up 11 pints of
bread and butter pickles. I prefer them on a burger. In fact, The Rodeo Bar
inside the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas TX serves B & B pickles on their
burgers. Yum!
Since I'm the only one who eats
pickles here, I'll probably gift a jar or three around the holidays.
How is your garden growing? Leave
a comment and let us know how yours is blessing you.
