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…
Maybe it is because I didn’t really like spinach as a kid. Maybe it is because we let the spinach run rampant last year. Maybe it is because we mixed up all the soil from the planting beds during the repair. Whatever the reason, the spinach is everywhere. It threatens to blanket the greenhouse if weeding is not aggressive.
We are eating it by the ton, and giving it away when possible, but supply is easily outstripping demand !! Where is Popeye when you need him 🙂
Despite the damage done by hurricane Beryl, which destroyed all but one plant, it produced a good yield. It is enough for several meals, with a bit more to come..
