It is dry and hot out there. But things are still growing. Our lettuce plants are starting to bolt again because of the heat. The greenhouse eggplants are nearly ready and some of the cucumbers from the house have been harvested. We really missed/stuggled with the lettuce growing window this year but I am very proud of the fact that we have an entire salad ready all at one time. Lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, scallions, onions, carrots, radish, and spinach are all ready now. I've been trying to do that for a few years and the seasonality has been off for the cool to warm season veggie transition. This year with the greenhouse we have much earlier tomatoes and are catching the tail end of the cool season veggies. Next year hopefully I can start things a little earlier in the greenhouse and also add peppers to the mix. I was thinking about my tomatoes and keep remebering that my Grandad in Ireland grew them in a small glass house and sold them to the city folk. My Dad had to go water them by hand with buckets and wanted to move far away from the farm. It is funny how things came back around with me and my tomatoes except for my Dad who moved far away again from the farm.
We planted corn (two types), beans, more brocolli, flowers, peppers, a kidney bean trial, and more cucumbers all in the field. The green beans are starting to flower, and the leeks will be ready soon. I've been mounding up the soil on the stems to get more soft white stems from the harvest.
I got a couple of cuttings from a tropical raspberry called mysore raspberry and have potted them up into 1 gallon pots. They would be a great addition to the mix. We love raspberries! I am hoping to plant blackberries, a few grapes, and the raspberries out into the field this year.
I am starting to think about growing the herbs in pots under the shadehouse. It might be a little more manageable especially the mint to grow it in pots. We might also extend the harvest time a bit.
Here are a few pictures of the happenings on the farm.
tropical pumpkins started from seeds
red mustard being killed by downey mildew
greenhouse tomatoes
Mysore raspberry rooted cutting
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