What is your 2013 garden looking like?

[chubwolf]

here are some more.

should I try to trim the cayenne bush? If so what does anybody recomend? just cut the bottom leaves and brabches off? Thank you.
sam

[jal_ut]

Photo: June 26, 2013



Things are starting to look pretty good. Still planting some things........ beets, chard, carrots.

[hendi_alex]

Things are finally coming along in Utah's high country! Looking great!

We are now in the heat of summer here in central S.C. and many tomato plants are showing significant signs of disease. Hopefully various strategies will allow us to keep continuous production for the entire May-November period. Is already looking like the results will be better than last year, when we had about a 3-4 week break with no tomatoes coming off of the vines.

This is another very successful gardening summer with a steady stream of our favorite veggies including tomatoes, cucumbers, egg plant, jalapeno and sweet peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, green beans, arugula. Lots of earlier produce but that is gone with the heat. I've got a volunteer cantaloupe vine that is growing like crazy and has at least 3-4 softball sized melons. Okra is just starting to produce. Corn harvest was meager this year, but still worth the effort. Only provided 6-8 meals however. Interesting, but most of the stalks didn't produce ears, otherwise were tall and healthy looking. Garlic produced a nice crop but bulb formation was inconsistent, some very large and others so small that they will just be put back in the ground in the fall.

[jal_ut]

Potatoes

I just got them hilled up. Growing weather today, 95 degrees and sunny.

[Ohio Tiller]

Here is my new one it has come a long way since this was taken a few weeks ago.


I pulled a couple handfuls of these carrots to give some room to the peppers I am really looking forward to picking the rest this fall.

[Smallgardener]

Frankly my garden looks like crap. I have replanted my melons and zucs and they are small and way behind. The green beans are slow and the wind keeps beating them up. The sweet corn is uneven. However there is a bright spot. My tomatoes look good and the cooler weather should let them pollinate and set fruit. That is something that has not happened for 2 years in late June.

[Roseamore]

Hi Guys,

I've only been gardening for 2 and a half months now but I thought that I would share my container-step-garden with you. There is not much available soil/space around the house that's why almost all of my plants are in containers on my steps.

I currently have Greek basil, Lemon basil, Oregano, thyme (seedlings), marjoram (seedlings), Sweet basil, Spearmint, Peppermint, and Roma tomatoes. I'm currently trying to germinate sweet peppers seeds.

It is not much but I'm happy and proud of it .

Roseamore

[applestar]

You have both red stemmed and regular malabar spinach? I have the red and it freely reseeded from last year. I have heard red is better flavored... Is that true? It is certainly a very pretty plant through the entire season.

[Roseamore]

Hi Applestar,

I've actually never eaten the red stemmed one; waiting for it to get really bushy before I start to harvest. I regularly eat the green stemmed one because my neighbor has it in abundance.

When I start eating the red stemmed one I'll let you know how they compare.

Roseamore

[freedhardwoods]

Lots of good looking gardens.

Here's some of my green beans just coming up and before they started blooming.

4 wide rows of Jade variety. They produce so good planted like this that you pull out handfulls at a time when picking.

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[Northernfox]

I have a short video after a huge storm we had yesterday. not too much was lost but it gives a quick feel for what my 2013 garden looks like as of this morning.

I should have done the video blog entry yesterday before the storm but it was like 107F (i think ) and I had a hard enough time being in the shade!

[Dillbert]

photos of this year's progress - between thunder-boomers . . . .

corn - somebody mentioned, knee high by 4th of July - check. put the plot next to the wall - hopefully providing shelter against the wind blowing it all flat - so far so good....



peas - two varieties. on the left Super Sugar Snap (64day)
back and to the right Dark Seeded Early Perfection (65d)
the Super Sugar Snap grew far too tall for the 48" trellis, flopped over, lost 70-90% of the stems to bending / kinking. not a candidate for next year. the Dark Seeded Early Perfection grows 36-40 inches - just right for my set up.



tomatoes going boom-boom . . . nothing red yet.



a late potato volunteer still in bloom, slightly past prime



a grocery store basil, set out in the garden - smells great!

[jal_ut]

OK, just a shot of the lay of the land where I garden. My plot is on the edge of town near the mountain.

[joed2323]

Wow you guys have some wonderful gardens, you all should be proud, all that hard work in the spring prepping our gardens makes it so worthwhile when we get to stand back and admire our gardens this time of the year...

Jal_ut unbelievable view, im so jealous of your land. I would have a hard enough time getting any work done by staring off in the distance and looking at all the amazing views you have...

[Northernfox]

you touch on something I have been thinking about for awhile. no mater how much work and love i put into my garden there always seems to be more! I cant imagine how much more work goes into larger plots!