While I was out there I pulled out my trusty dusty Blackberry and snapped a few pics for tonight's post. I know how Judy loves a good picture.
Here's a pic of my peas. As I said, they LOVE the cool weather. Notice they're keeping pace with the tomatoes next to them?
Did you see the little white things on the peas? Yep, they're white flowers. I think that means I'll get peas from them?!
Speaking of tomatoes, look how well they're growing also! But notice the light green tops? I wonder if that's just a sign of new growth or is it something bad? I know they've got water because I filled the reservoir of the SWC a week ago and it wasn't even half empty when I did. This system uses so little water it's not even funny!
Next up is my monster cauliflower. This is getting ridiculous. The leaves are shadowing and killing nearby plants. II won't have unproductive leaves killing my carrots and lettuce. I guess I'm just going to have to put a bungi cord around them to keep them from flopping so much. Frankly the lack of anything resembling a cauliflower head is disconcerting. If I knew they did this I would have rethought growing them... They're definitely not 1/SF!
Next, my spinich seems to be reaching to the sky. The stalks are so tall witht he leaves only coming out the top. Is that normal or sign that it's bolting?
Hehe my corn is also reaching toward the sky, but I think that's right. lol Now if we'd just get a bit more sun and heat the corn would really take off. Maybe I can send them to Judy or Chrissy where they've got 90 degree temps. Do you think I could UPS the bed?
On the way back in I snapped a close-up of my first cuke sprout. It was one that took months to germinate. If I'd checked my day's to germination chart, I would have seen that it was too cold to plant them, but three of my six seeds I sowed too early finally germinated. Not bad for impromtu winter sowing without the plastic to-go containers, hehe. Oh, sorry for the blur, I think I need to zoom in rather than just get closer. I'm still learning all that phone can do and what it can't.
Lastly, I felt compelled to share my sorry looking bush beans. Can you believe that each of these squares has had 9 indoor-germinated Jade bush beans planted multiple times? I'd say it was the cold temps but I germinated them inside and my pole beans had 100% success. I've gotta call Territorial to complain. I've gone through almost a full package to get nada...
Hmm, maybe I should have ended on a happy note. Oh yeah, starting tomorrow the weather's supposed to turn to the mid to upper 60s and partly cloudy. I will finally get to mow! If I can get off work at a reasonable hour. hehe
Enjoy your garden!
I ate my first snap pea today. :) We had another bunch of kale for dinner. Interestingly, they attract a lot of moths or butterflies to lay their eggs, because I've had to pick off no less than three kinds of caterpillars from the leaves.
ReplyDeleteMy spinach hasn't bolted yet, but the arugula's flowered. Bad year for arugula, amazing year for peas. And my fuchsias are absolutely loving the cool, shady, wet weather.
My tomatoes have those yellow leaves on top, too, but they're looking healthier than they have been, so I think it can't be that bad.
The yellow or light-green leaves at the tops of the tomato's growing shoots is a result of extended cool weather, which of course you and I are both mired in. That goes away in warmer, sunnier weather.
ReplyDeleteI've been harvesting pea pods for about a week now. I planted them on February 15th.
My cauliflowers are like your. Huge but no sign of a flower yet. I'm hopeful that a large healthy plant will lead to a large flower head. Funny though my broccolis ripened long ago that were planted at the same time.
You're all harvesting peas. I'm not even close. I've got flowers but they're only less than 2 feet high. Hmm. What am I doing wrong?
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