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Following the previously mentioned struggle with many tomato plants and few bearing fruit, we finally had a few which could be picked. It was a fine balance between leaving them to vine ripen, and saving them from the birds and insects. These three are healthy in size, despite the splits at the top, and will…

Our peppers have not been doing that well so far. Of the five or six trees planted, most are looking healthy, but there has been not very much in the way of peppers produced. Two of them were a little too close to the big thyme, and so they need to be moved, but the…

We stuck a couple of yam heads in the ground beside the old columns while working on something else. We promptly forgot about them. A few weeks later they have emerged and found the columns.

Well the cucumbers just keep on coming, and it has been a very productive year for them. So far. They are large and juicy and we have been giving them away due to how much we have produced. Added to this particular harvest was some beetroot and some wild callaloo. This is in addition to…

For some reason, the very healthy looking tomato plants that continue to thrive are not bearing very many tomatoes at all. It may be soil acidity, or it may be the fact that this particular variety is not well suited to the climate. Either way, we only have this trio so far, which are looking…

It was probably inevitable that some Tanya (Cocoa to us Jamaicans) would make it into the raised beds. And so they did in numerous areas. Unfortunately, the big beautiful leaves will put anything nearby in the dark, so they have to be moved out once they begin to get large. They can get as large…

The eggplants are looking very healthy, and are starting to flower, which is a good sign. So far, the pests are being kept at bay with only minimal damage to the large leaves..

Only about half of the cucumber plants survived after something began to attack the roots. However, those that made it grew strong and flowered profusely. It was not long until a few cucumbers appeared, and for whatever reason, this one grew to maturity quickly. It is great to finally have some food coming from the…

If you don’t count the use of Thyme from the garden, then the first edible food this season was Bok Choi. It is famous for going from seedling to ready-to-eat in 45 days, and it grew very nicely.