How does your garden grow?

14 years ago

DH and I were out in the veggie garden tonight and I'm sooo disappointed! We have loads of teeny tiny green tomatoes. HUGE summer squash. Baseball sized cabbages, bolted broccoli and spinach. Peppers are teeny and the pole beans are just starting to flower. Beets did nothing worth writing home about. We've picked lots of zucchini and cukes, but the other types of squashes are all tiny still. The only thing we've consistently been able to pick is lettuce, and it's still going strong.

We got only a few raspberries (the dogs ate most of them that actually fruited) and no blueberries. The pear tree will have a bumper crop, however. I've noticed that the blackberry bushes around everywhere are loaded with puny little green berries...they'll never get big & juicy at this rate.

We're hoping we get an Indian summer...it's been unseasonably cool this year. I don't think we've been to 90 yet at all this year. My flowers love it, but if we had to live off our land for food this year, we'd be going hungry!

What's it like in your neck of the woods?

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golddust
14 years ago
I am not growing a garden for the first time in many years. We decided to eradicate wild berries taking over our garden/land instead. . It has been hard not having a garden this year but hopefully worth the wait. Meanwhile we are supporting other gardeners at our Farmers Market.
tinam61
14 years ago
We're in the same boat as Goldie. No garden for us this year, due to too many other activities, etc. going on - just didn't want to spend the time on it this year. We, too, are supporting local farmers and my dad is having a good crop of tomatoes (sharing with us). We've been eating lots of yellow squash, zucchini, cukes, tomatoes, okra, and green beans. Cantaloupes just about daily. We did have a very hot spell early which apparently affected the corn crops in our area. I've not yet found some really good, sweet corn (prefer silver queen). Had some that's not bad, some that's okay, some that's pretty good, just not really good yet. Still looking!

As for flowers, etc. we have been lucky for a period on our rainfall. No drought this year (so far). Rain in early July pulled us out of the deficit, even gave us a surplus. Roses, etc. are loving the high temps. Others, are doing well but I'm really having to keep things watered. My bouganvillea (sp) has been beautiful!!

tina

tina
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mrsmarv
14 years ago
No garden for us this year, either. This is the first year in memory that we just didn't have the desire to take on the challenge. Considering the way the weather has been, I believe it's a good thing. The high heat and humidity, coupled with near-drought conditions, has been enough to knock the stuffing out of even the most hardy.

Last year for my birthday hubby and I bought two recreational kayaks, which is where you'll find us on most days that yard work isn't on the list of chores. Even with the low water levels, we've had some wonderful treks. We yakked the Great Swamp in nearby Patterson last weekend and it was spectacular, even with the lower water levels and the vegetation choking parts of the waterpath. This coming weekend we have plans to visit the Bashakill in Orange County (we're in the lower Hudson Valley of NY).
The water levels are slowly rising with the recent rain and thunderstorms in our area.

We also support our local farmers, buying from either or local (and organic) farm that has a small market or a close neighbor who's a farmer.
lynninnewmexico
14 years ago
It's been a hot (and mainly) dry Summer here in New Mexico. I'm not growing veggies as they really need afternoon shade here and have to be grown in a walled garden to keep them away from the many nibblers out here. I am growing herbs (rosemary, parsley, sage, thyme, lemon balm, chives, basil, etc.) which are doing ok. And, lots of flowers, which are up and down. I pulled out 2 tea roses and a climber that had been struggling for a few years now and planted 2 yellow floribundas in their place. They're just now starting to rebloom. I'm starting to think only cacti, sunflowers and weed like this weather we're having . . . I sure don't!
Lynn