Photo below - here's one of the little stinkers climbing up a bamboo stick.
Photo below - I've gotta show the corn again, because some have even grown to at least 7 feet tall. After a close inspection of the plants, it looks like silks are forming on at least 4. That means that sometime between June 21st and 24th, the harvest will begin. Yeehaw! However, I still don't know what will be planted in it's place....Sheesh! It'll probably be melons, as I started some in small containers a couple of weeks ago. Don't know how they'll be trellised, though. I'll definitely put some thought into it.
Photo below - Here's the cucumbers growing in a swc constructed from a 34 gallon tote. The vines are running very well now, and I have to help them get attached to the makeshift trellis as they grow new tendrils. Cucumbers are just that way - requiring a little help from the gardener, of course. The problem of no bees to speak of has me kinda worried at this stage, because flowers are abundant and there's no fruitset yet.
Lastly, here's the congo watermelon being grown in an 18 gallon swc, which is much longer than the ones grown in the main raised bed. I expect they will do pretty good, but we'll just have to wait and see. My biggest concern is growing 2 of them in in there, as I haven't tried this before.
In other news, I have some herbicide damage to the tomatoes growing near the shed. Dangit....I was spraying roundup to kill the poison oak on the other side of the metal storage building, and it drifted about 30 feet...Sigh. Oh well, the plants will look really weird, but will still produce plenty of fruit. In the future I should be able to cover the toms with some plastic sheeting before spraying the same area, and maybe that will keep it from happening again.
Take care, and happy gardening!
EG
7 comments:
You know, I haven't seen a single bee, either. I've seen one yellow jacket and a handfull of carpenter bees, but that's it. Hopefully they'll come soon.
We could use a little rain in our area. We are about an inch short so far this month. We are supposed to get thunderstorms tomorrow and I hope we do.
Looks good good good. The corn growing in the swc is just amazing to me. I hope that some bees arrive soon for you. Maybe you should get some bee hives. I think it would be a good project for EG :). We used to have hives at my mother's farm when I was a teenager. The hives were placed there by mother's friend. I would love to have hives here....but, we don't have enough space.
ribbit - I saw a bumblebee yesterday, but that's it.....
Daphne - I wish you had some of mine.
Robin - thanks. I've thought about my own hive, but don't think the wife will go for it.
I can't believe how quickly your corn has grown. Your veggies look light years ahead of ours. I can't seem to get my melons to grow quickly enough.
How are the sweet potatoes going?. Mine are getting bigger by the day. Oh also I think and I know I should knock on wood, my head and anything else made of wood, the tomato plants that I was telling you about are really growing and the over watering problem they were suffering form is almost gone. I check on them daily to make sure they are not drying out, but I also think with the temp getting hotter it is helping. I am waiting on my pepper plants to get big like that did before. I think it is becasue the nights may not be warm enough. Who knows. Thanks.
Thomas - it just takes a little warm weather, and things will start popping for ya.
Cynthia - The sweet potatoes are doing well. Before long they should spread everywhere.
Overwatered tomato plants can sure make a recovery if given the chance. I know mine did.
Post a Comment