Started collecting old blooms today to harvest seeds for next year and for sale. Mostly Cosmos seeds so far.
Next few days and coming weeks, going to also harvest marigold, dill, zinnia and nasturtium seeds.
As expected, daughter ate pretty much every single tomato that has ripened so far. That's okay. As stated, it was expected. She really loves tomatoes fresh from the garden.
Cucumbers are finally climbing higher. Still not seeing any cucumbers yet but maybe I'm not looking close enough.
Going to take down the Cosmos growing immediately by the tomato plants this week. Lots more in the surrounding areas. These are just crowding the tomatoes quite a bit and making access nearly impossible from one side.
Strange thing. Until this year, I never knew bees loved corn so much! Every evening, there is a whole swarm of bees around the corn.
We had corn from the garden for dinner tonight. Some was a bit tough, picked just a little too soon. That was mostly stray short corn, next to tomato plants. As I harvest the corn, taking down the stalks and stacking them to dry by the compost bin. Shred them for compost in a few weeks.
Weather is forecasted to be cooling down by at least 10 more degrees in the next 2-3 weeks. Should remain comfortable for a while after that. That means I can start late summer planting really soon. (And probably be a good thing because it likely means an early and harsh winter.)
Some things I planted have come up rather sparsely relative to how much I planted. Not gonna complain much. Leaves more room for successive plantings. Need to be on the lookout for cheap carrot, spinach and lettuce seeds. Give broccoli (green) another shot.
The tobacco plants finally took off lately. Need to plant those out. I think it was too hot and/or dry for them until recently. Been getting lots of rain. I'll keep that in mind in the future and keep tobacco seedlings in a humid environment until they're a good size.
A guy online had said he would send me some sorghum seeds. Haven't received them. Bummer. Guess I'll order some this week. Won't have the resources to do much with a crop but if I can grow it to seed, can expand to a larger crop in the spring. They apparently grow tall rapidly and would help other crops along.
Lots of advice and directions tell you how different crops are "sun-loving". Especially tomatoes. My experience now is that these "sun-loving" crops are growing best in areas of my garden which receive large amounts of shade. While I believe they thrive on sunlight, they also grow best with higher ambient humidity than is typical here.
Have to extend the pole bean trellis upward this week. Vines are reaching 4 ft tall. Current netting only reaches 3 ft tall. Best get that done soon.
Next few days and coming weeks, going to also harvest marigold, dill, zinnia and nasturtium seeds.
As expected, daughter ate pretty much every single tomato that has ripened so far. That's okay. As stated, it was expected. She really loves tomatoes fresh from the garden.
Cucumbers are finally climbing higher. Still not seeing any cucumbers yet but maybe I'm not looking close enough.
Going to take down the Cosmos growing immediately by the tomato plants this week. Lots more in the surrounding areas. These are just crowding the tomatoes quite a bit and making access nearly impossible from one side.
Strange thing. Until this year, I never knew bees loved corn so much! Every evening, there is a whole swarm of bees around the corn.
We had corn from the garden for dinner tonight. Some was a bit tough, picked just a little too soon. That was mostly stray short corn, next to tomato plants. As I harvest the corn, taking down the stalks and stacking them to dry by the compost bin. Shred them for compost in a few weeks.
Weather is forecasted to be cooling down by at least 10 more degrees in the next 2-3 weeks. Should remain comfortable for a while after that. That means I can start late summer planting really soon. (And probably be a good thing because it likely means an early and harsh winter.)
Some things I planted have come up rather sparsely relative to how much I planted. Not gonna complain much. Leaves more room for successive plantings. Need to be on the lookout for cheap carrot, spinach and lettuce seeds. Give broccoli (green) another shot.
The tobacco plants finally took off lately. Need to plant those out. I think it was too hot and/or dry for them until recently. Been getting lots of rain. I'll keep that in mind in the future and keep tobacco seedlings in a humid environment until they're a good size.
A guy online had said he would send me some sorghum seeds. Haven't received them. Bummer. Guess I'll order some this week. Won't have the resources to do much with a crop but if I can grow it to seed, can expand to a larger crop in the spring. They apparently grow tall rapidly and would help other crops along.
Lots of advice and directions tell you how different crops are "sun-loving". Especially tomatoes. My experience now is that these "sun-loving" crops are growing best in areas of my garden which receive large amounts of shade. While I believe they thrive on sunlight, they also grow best with higher ambient humidity than is typical here.
Have to extend the pole bean trellis upward this week. Vines are reaching 4 ft tall. Current netting only reaches 3 ft tall. Best get that done soon.
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