1. These are only some of my tomatoes. Several varieties have flowers. The earliest variety (Yellow Patio Choice) have all set at least a couple of fruit (I have 3 plants). This is a new raised bed for this season, replacing a bunch of grow bags I had here.
2. The first round of peppers are planted out and settling in well. Most have or are starting to form flowers, and I spotted one with a little baby fruit. This is another new bed for this season.
3. Perpetual spinach, aka perpetual chard. This is a new plant; the old ones lived for a couple of years but finally died back. No matter. This one is looking good; I will start harvesting it soon.
4. The one strawberry plant from last spring that survived through summer is thriving despite a lot of neglect and a less than optimal spot. It’s set a bunch of fruit I will be quite happy to eat soon.
5. Citrus!! This is one of my navel orange trees. I know citrus self thin a lot of the fruit they initially set, but this is just adorable. It smells great too! I expanded my citrus grove by a lot this season and am looking forward to next winter.
6. I had my oregano in a couple of badly neglected grow bags and it still thrived. A month or two ago I put them in this little raised bed. They seem happy! This is either Greek or Italian oregano; I have no idea (it all grew together).
7. The trumboncino is alive and starting to sprout true leaves. This is one of the best spots in the garden, the seeds were direct sown, and it has a 16′ arch to eat. Grow, little squash, grow!
8. Hoss Green Blaze Bush Beans got a little cold damaged, and I think the squirrels took out a few, but they are alive and should love this weather.
9. The blackberries are thinking about giving me a couple of flowers. I pruned them back really heavily in December; they are primocane bearing so I am expecting I’ll still get a harvest. The flowers forming are on some of the growth I didn’t prune back nearly as hard, as a control. I’m still getting to know blackberries and I may have fubar’d my harvest for the year, though I certainly hope not.
10. The direct sown cucumbers are also looking good and starting to sprout true leaves. It’s early for these too but it’s been so warm, I figured why not.
karstopography
Awesomeness!
Love the playing in the garden. Looks like you’ve been busy.
I direct seeded some cucumbers and melons today. I have some pole beans already up and just about to start vining and more that will soon be up.
My tomatoes are WAY behind yours. Six are in their final spot and six more will get transplanted this weekend.
My dad had the most amazing grove of moro blood oranges that got zapped by one of the freezes five or so years ago. Growing oranges just for the fragrance isn’t such a bad idea.
Good luck.
sebovzeoueb
_cries in greenhouse covered in blankets with heat mats inside_
mymymy58
The oregano is what I aspire mine to be!! Have you considered growing yuca? I’ve heard they do well in south Texas, they’re so tasty
NPKzone8a
What a nice looking new raised bed! Great to see your progress. I am behind this year, but still managed to get a few tomatoes into the ground. (Or actually, into grow bags.)
Am laboring with those “take-them-in-and-out” tomatoes. Planted 6. Glad it was not more. Had forgotten that a 10-gallon grow bag full of soil gets a lot heavier when it is wet!
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1. These are only some of my tomatoes. Several varieties have flowers. The earliest variety (Yellow Patio Choice) have all set at least a couple of fruit (I have 3 plants). This is a new raised bed for this season, replacing a bunch of grow bags I had here.
2. The first round of peppers are planted out and settling in well. Most have or are starting to form flowers, and I spotted one with a little baby fruit. This is another new bed for this season.
3. Perpetual spinach, aka perpetual chard. This is a new plant; the old ones lived for a couple of years but finally died back. No matter. This one is looking good; I will start harvesting it soon.
4. The one strawberry plant from last spring that survived through summer is thriving despite a lot of neglect and a less than optimal spot. It’s set a bunch of fruit I will be quite happy to eat soon.
5. Citrus!! This is one of my navel orange trees. I know citrus self thin a lot of the fruit they initially set, but this is just adorable. It smells great too! I expanded my citrus grove by a lot this season and am looking forward to next winter.
6. I had my oregano in a couple of badly neglected grow bags and it still thrived. A month or two ago I put them in this little raised bed. They seem happy! This is either Greek or Italian oregano; I have no idea (it all grew together).
7. The trumboncino is alive and starting to sprout true leaves. This is one of the best spots in the garden, the seeds were direct sown, and it has a 16′ arch to eat. Grow, little squash, grow!
8. Hoss Green Blaze Bush Beans got a little cold damaged, and I think the squirrels took out a few, but they are alive and should love this weather.
9. The blackberries are thinking about giving me a couple of flowers. I pruned them back really heavily in December; they are primocane bearing so I am expecting I’ll still get a harvest. The flowers forming are on some of the growth I didn’t prune back nearly as hard, as a control. I’m still getting to know blackberries and I may have fubar’d my harvest for the year, though I certainly hope not.
10. The direct sown cucumbers are also looking good and starting to sprout true leaves. It’s early for these too but it’s been so warm, I figured why not.
Awesomeness!
Love the playing in the garden. Looks like you’ve been busy.
I direct seeded some cucumbers and melons today. I have some pole beans already up and just about to start vining and more that will soon be up.
My tomatoes are WAY behind yours. Six are in their final spot and six more will get transplanted this weekend.
My dad had the most amazing grove of moro blood oranges that got zapped by one of the freezes five or so years ago. Growing oranges just for the fragrance isn’t such a bad idea.
Good luck.
_cries in greenhouse covered in blankets with heat mats inside_
The oregano is what I aspire mine to be!! Have you considered growing yuca? I’ve heard they do well in south Texas, they’re so tasty
What a nice looking new raised bed! Great to see your progress. I am behind this year, but still managed to get a few tomatoes into the ground. (Or actually, into grow bags.)
Am laboring with those “take-them-in-and-out” tomatoes. Planted 6. Glad it was not more. Had forgotten that a 10-gallon grow bag full of soil gets a lot heavier when it is wet!
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