The California summer heat rolled in a few days ago and it's been a juggling game keeping the plants happy of late. I've been trying to keep things moist, but not over-watered and it's been interesting. I think that watering earlier in the day is the way to go. It seems to be working well.
Most of the plants are happy, but we've had some struggling folks as well. I think it's part of that heat to water balance - some of the plants are taking to the heat better than others.
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| Not too happy :( |
The tomatoes seem to be thriving. At least the Black Krim are. We spoke to a another customer at the nursery and he said they were his go to tomato plant and I can see why. It's growing like a weed while the Big Rainbow is just staying the course. :)
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| Black Krim |
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| Black Krim |
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| Rainbow |
The herbs are thriving.
The other question I had that we need to research - not being farmers :::grin::: - is just when and how to harvest the plants. Some plants and be cut back and re-planted. Others just get cut to eat, then they keep growing. We just need to sort out which ones are which.
The kids are going to love eating the strawberries. :)
All in all, I'm happy with the garden progress. I think we're learning a lot from this round. What to plant, where to plant it and things that just seem a bit harder than others. Our carrots, for instance. Not thriving. Hehehehe. Even the seed sprout pots we used seem to make a large difference. We had these woven, natural little pots, but the cheap plastic seemed to be better for the plants, oddly. The one's in the little plastic tubs shot up like mad.
As the heat comes and stays with us for the rest of the summer, the big challenge will be to stay on the watering and trimming. And cooking with our lovely garden bounty! :)
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| Chives |
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| Apples starting! |
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| Kale |
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| Garlic |
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| Onions |
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