The good news is that this year the peppers are doing much better than they did last year. In particular, the bell peppers seem to be holding their own and growing well. The tomatoes, however, are not doing as well in terms of the volume produced, but we are getting some nice tasty smaller tomatoes and some cherry tomatoes as well. The experimentation continues…
We have a few typical cabbages from the garden today along with a solitary tomato. Since we are 100% organic and use no chemicals or pesticides, we lose a fair amount of crops to natural pests, and even the successful crops, like these cabbages and tomato, do not look like what you see in the supermarket….However, they taste great !!
After a fantastic crop of cucumbers, some bugs descended upon the plants and devastated them in short order. They attack the leaves, not the fruit, but they are voracious eaters and reproducers. We were away when they first arrived , so bad timing…. They look like a variation of Cantao ocellatus, but not positive. Sent a picture off to the Agriculture folks
For some reason, we can never quite time the Okra correctly. In this case some travel caused us to Harvest a bit late, and the result is good looking but tough Okra. Oh well, better luck next cycle.
There is a small but healthy crop of lettuce that we are beginning to harvest, and the cucumbers are starting to flower which means we should have some of them on the way soon…
These have a variety of names around the world but commonly known here as ice cream beans. The taste supports the name…
Healthy crops of Lettuce, Bok Choi, and the everpresent Spinach, create a nice mixture to harvest this morning.
A variety of things have interfered with the starting of a new planting season. Repairs following the damage to the greenhouse and planting beds from hurricane Beryl, some travel delays, and life in general.
So this is a welcome start for both seedlings and some young plants. The plants include cabbage and lettuce and cucumber and some bok choi. The seedlings include a variety of vegetables and herbs and even some flowers as the pictures indicate. Let’s hope that this season of avoids all of the extremes of the last…
