The month of July went by so fast, it seems like I only got garden pics from the very beginning. I’m sure, if you live in the northern hemisphere, you can imagine how July and the height of Summer is like tho. Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes.
In our two main back beds, the tomatoes were still ripening in the beginning of the month, but by the end we had tons of tomatoes. Our peas were totally done. Our peppers were peppering away. We grew almost all our peppers from seed that we saved from last year, so we were excited to have such a good crop. By the end of July, the lettuces were all but gone. we picked the remainder and hope to get another batch for our fall garden going soon. Cauliflower had long gone to seed. For some reason our potato vine died, but there seem to be a few potatoes under the earth.
More tomatoes and peppers in our middle bed. Most of what we planted this year was experimental. Some worked well, others did not. It’ll be interesting to sow a Fall garden this year, for more experimentation.
The last veg bed was planted latest and has a random assortment. Arugula, tomatoes, zucchini, endive, lettuce. The endive is thriving all thru July, but it’s so bitter we can’t eat it. Someone is eating the zuccs but it’s not us. The tomatoes in this patch are inexplicably blush colored.
The herb bed in the front is booming and everything is bolting now in the heat. In late July I chopped all the basil down to hopefully get a second crop out of it. So far, so good.We planted soy beans, which are beautiful! But we can’t tell if they are ready to pick yet. We have a bunny friend who visits here and has eaten the low hanging tomatoes. We’ve started laying out any split or over ripe or fallen fruit from the back as an offering.
In the beginning of the month we still had blueberries. The birds quickly ate all of them. By the end of July, the bushes were bare.
Most of these were ripened, picked, eaten and the branches thinned by the end of the month.
One of the few store bought peppers, pepperoncini, was prolific so far in July.
Lovely lavender from a local seller.
We grew all our shishitos from seed this year. Why are they so hard to find for sale? Blistered up, with lemon and course salt, they are one of our favorite meals. I recently served them with a horseradish and mayo dipping sauce and they were divine. Tomatoes are another staple Summer dish and we eat a lot of them!
How has your garden been this month? are you eating a lot from your growing?