Garden Update June 27, 2009

Here comes the sun! After weeks of rain, drizzle and overcast days we finally have a sunny day and it looks like we have a few in a row with just threats of thunderstorms. Over the past 2 weeks, we have harvested peas, strawberries, lettuce and radishes. I am anxiously awaiting our first tomato!

The tomato plants have tons of flowers and the ones that had been fed worm tea from our vermicomposting bin have taken off as well as the petunias that are planted in the top of our upside down tomatoes. We also rotated the hanging baskets to ensure they all get a good dose of sun!

As I photographed the garden today, I noticed that the cucumbers that I sowed directly in the garden are doing much better than the ones I had started indoors. I guess I will not be starting cucumbers inside again. They mystery tomatoes are doing well and have found several more in the lettuce patch I am going to let them do their own thing and hope we have a very bountiful tomato harvest.

The fruit trees we planted in June all have leaves on them and seem to be adjusting well to their new surroundings. I put a treatment of calcium fertilizer on them this week so we will see if this boosts the growth rate.

Hoping that Mother Nature has shut off the steady supply of water and she sees fits to only rain occasionally for the rest of the summer!

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Garen update 6.27.09

We may have Grapes!

Rain, Rain and more Rain, and the forecast is for rain until Thursday. I cannot remember when the sun last came out! It seems that we had a slight break in the weather so I took a stroll in the garden and picked some radish and 13 small strawberries. This is the first year for the strawberry plants so we are not expecting too much, they are very sweet and will produce all season. Next year we should have a better harvest since the plants will be better established.

Last fall we planted 4 grape vines (3 different varieties). Our goal is to train the vines to grow over the pergola so we can have some shade on the patio. Upon taking a close look at one of the vines, I think we may have some grapes forming! This vine was to last to produce leaves and the first to have grapes forming! Can’t figure out Mother Nature!

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Grapes?