Black Krim

WOW! We grew this! :)

I love that. Can't wait to taste it!

 

 

The garden winner is...

Our Black Krim tomatoes are the clear winners in the garden. They are doing really well and are producing like crazy. We're going to pick a few today and try them out. Next year we're going to have to do more of these for sure. It's nice to have something that's actually doing what it's supposed to do in the garden. hehehehe

I'm going to do another round of planting today. Just try some items out to see what happens with a later planting. Wild flowers in the front, sweet corn, another style of corn and peas, I believe. We'll see how it goes. I know it's late, but I want to see more green in the garden and less dirt. :)

July 6th Update

Well, we survived the 4th here in the East Bay - where people love to shoot off fireworks the whole week of the 4th and beyond. Clocks be damned! We need to shoot off explosions at 3am!  :)

The garden is coming along, though it's starting to go a bit sparse and dry in areas. We've lost our garlic and the kale is slowing down it's production. One of our tomatoes is fantastic and thriving while the other is still limping along.

I think our plan for next year is to clump more of our veggies together - doing away with all the rules of planting on the back of the package. We visited a cousin recently and she was "clumping" and her garden looked lush and alive. We'll give that a shot.

I also want to try out strawberry gutter growing. We'll get some gutters, build a structure to support them, then plan the strawberries in the gutters so they hang over the sides. It looks amazing and will keep the strawberries off the ground and out of the dirt.

Our apples are growing. We have a ton of 'em and it looks like our battle against our little apple eaters is working out. FAR less apple damage this year. Not as many black spots on them.

Our main garden is slowing down with many of our items ending their cycles for now.

Our plums are being snagged from the tree more often, but there are still so many that the deck is littered with them - squished and lost, sadly. I was thinking that a few nets hung under the tree might be fun. 

July 4th was great in the back this year. Had a few folks over and grilled up various forms of hot dogs and brats. Its a lovely space for meet ups and just hanging out in the sun.

I'd like to devote more hours to the garden. I need to research planting schedules to see when we can start a second round of veggies. I'd like to pack some more into the space.

CHEERS!

Apples a plenty!

 

We have A LOT of apples. We might be giving some away if you're interested. :)

Black krim tomato progress

The black krims are taking off like mad, leaving the others bare and sad looking.
Next year I'm doing three of these if the tomatoes taste good! ;)

Too tart!

Well, the plums are not ready! Too tart! :)

Yup, it's a garden

Garden update.

Hose - it just POPPED the other day. Water shot up about 15 feet in the air and I was just blinking. "Um...what happened just now?"  Then...POP! another hole. New hose purchased. :)

The tomatoes are growing! Whoot!

Sweet potatoes - cute and growing. 

 Strawberries - They die a bit...and thrive a bit. We need a better system for them in the future. Some sort of netting and the like to keep things off them.

 The plums are doing their thing. It's an interesting process. They don't ripen all at the same time, so we're going to have to pick and eat for a while. What a shame. :::grin::::

 Apples - no black spots so far. It looks like the moth traps are doing their job. Fingers crossed!

Overall, the garden is great. We've eaten some items, we're learning and having fun. I think next year, we might get rid of 50% of the "grass" (AKA -dirt lawn) and plan more. I want MOOOOOOORRE!!! :)  We'll see. The grass is a mess, but the kids need a place to play. I'm sure we can work something out. We have some bushes that are dying, so they might go and the additional garden space might do there and in a 10x5 space in the grass area.

Little gardener! :)