Summertime

Only 3 weeks left till school starts, but we are still havin fun

Garden Update

I am so impressed with my cherry tomato's, They are still producing and have many green ones budding

These are two of my early girls. They get planted after the first frost, and usually produce until the heat gets them in late July. I played a trick on them and gave them shade since mid June, and they are still putting out tomatoes

My green peppers got off to a slow start, but I used seeds, and not seedlings to grow them. When they did start, they shot up fast, about 3 1/2 feet tall and peppers sprouted everywhere. I had to use some bean stakes and tie them because they were so top heavy. I'm glad they started, because green peppers around here are about $2 dollars each

My watermelons are doing great. I have started using my drip hose around the base of the plant so they will expand and be super juicy.

And finally, my cantaloupes are starting to skin over and swell. I have 4 vining plants, and about 8 melons on each vine. I have a drip hose around the base of these as well, and you can tell the difference when you slice it open.

Hope you guys are having a great garden this year !

.

braggin time

Not to much happening today, so I thought I would brag on my garden. My boy's and I really love these Sugarbaby watermelons. I put these in in late May because of all the rain we were having around here. This one, and a couple more will be good to eat by this weekend

Here is one of my regular watermelons. These babies showed up about a week ago. I planted these late too, but I don't think it hurt them

I have been getting some squash, but only a couple at a time, They are growing all over the place now. If you take a close look, you can see the soil I am in is not the best. It has a lot of sand. I had been tilling in some good topsoil, trying to mix it in. I also tilled in some manure and a few oyster shells. It seems to be working good. Have fun everybody !