Hi all! Not many changes from last week. However, it appears I may need to be learning about how to grow onions and garlic next season... or at any rate, later! The garlic plant I bought a few weeks ago is still alive, but does not appear happy. Parts of its leaves have browned. Since we have had a lot of rain, I am deducing that it has been too wet for it.
The garlic sets I planted had started sprouts, but they have shriveled and not reappeared either.
The lone walking onion is still holding its own.
T-Squash is getting bigger. Cucumbers are improbably blooming. Zucchini is getting size.
Sun Flowers are getting some size as are now finally the okra.
Some of the Amaranth are happy, but a different bunch are being chewed on something fierce.
The White Potatoes are really happy! One of them has started putting out some bloom buds. A couple of days ago Darlin took me to Lowes, and I bought some 1/4 inch wire mesh, 2 feet high. I used a string on the ground to determine how big a circumference I needed. I cut the mesh to match the length of the string, and wired it to a rebar pole. I dumped in some potting soil and compost and built up the dirt around it about 8-12”. I was very pleased at how it turned out, and I guess at some point I’ll dump some more dirt on it.
Sweet potatoes languishing in their vines and still need their dirt-dump.
Some of my legume plants have really started producing, which is a great shock to me! LOL!
We actually harvested a tomato! It was from the Beefsteak heirloom plant. The Purple Cherokee is VERY happy, with many blooms. There are blooms on the others as well, but not like the Cherokee. The atkins still are growing and not blooming yet.
Some of the red lilies we planted a number of years ago (and frankly, which we thought had died) have bloomed, with a few more buds getting ready too. They are BREATHTAKING!
Hope everyone else’s garden adventures are providing as much entertainment, knowledge, and exercise as mine are! I’m so grateful for everyone here. I always learn so much.
Sweet potatoes languishing in their vines and still need their dirt-dump.
Could you explain what a dirt dump for sweet potatoes is? This is my second year growing sweet potatoes-any advice would be welcome.
Thank you!!!
You have some good stuff happening. I too am having some trouble with garlic this year. Not sure why.
They started turning yellow early, and the bulbs aren’t forming. Normally they would still be green and not ready for pulling until mid to late June.