DaveH wrote:

My garden is modest this year. A 30' x 50' plot but only 2/3 full at
this point. I have:

My garden is modest. It's a 5x6 foot plot. Two roma tomato plants
falling over, heavy with yellowing fruit. Two other tomato plants, I'm
not sure which variety (either homestead or rutgers), my husband planted
them and didn't note which cup they came from. They're not doing well,
still only about 10" high and I just fertilized them last weekend. I
have a row of red onions getting fat, and a row of onions for 'green
onions' also getting fat. The rest of the garden and surrounding grass
is being taken over by strawberries, I'm getting a second crop off them
this summer.

Next to the plot are 3 mounds: one with cantelope, two fat little baby
melons on the way, lots of blooms waiting to be pollenated. The other
two mounds have different varieties of zuchinni. Mostly I've been
picking them and throwing them in the compost because heavy rains are
causing the young fruit to rot on the vine. I've got two coming on the
"shepards" variety that I think will go on the grill tomorrow for
dinner, though.

On the side yard I have 3 more tomatoes, either Gulf State or Arkansas
Traveller (again, planted without noting what was going where) which are
growing very well. They are starting to put out blooms. I'm
experimenting with tomato varieties this year, to find one which does
well in our late summer heat and drought. Two varieties died after being
planted.

Oh yeah, and on the front step I've got rosemary and basil in pots. So
far they haven't died. (Most years my garden report is a list of what
has died, this has been a good year, but it's only July.)


Dawn
zone 5