Veggie Tales - May 2019

4 years ago

Happy May Day, all! The growing season is in full swing for those of us in The South but our Northern Neighbirs will be catching up to us this month as the danger of frost disappears for most of the country.

This time of the year always seems hectic to me as I scramble to get the last of the seeds planted in between thunderstorms. Summer is just around the corner though and so are the first green beans and tomatoes!

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Len NW 7a

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Jacob your garden looks very tasty; I have yet to see a head on broccoli and gave up. Am trying Chinese broccoli this year because you just eat the stems :)

Jamie your garden is always an inspiration!

Today I decided to take inventory of tomatoes and beans in the ground:

Tomatoes first; total 51 which is nutz but can't stop myself. This bed faces south and full sun...about 1/3 of this year's tomatoes here.

Purple Russian 2

Cuor di Bue 3

Nepal 4

Pam Wild This is saved seed from spoiled Costco tomato 3rd year 5

Speckled Roman 2

Tiffen Mennonite 3

Vinson Watts 4

Yellow Pear 1

Catherine Simms 2 One very tiny

Neve's Azorean Red 2 Small plants struggling

Pink Ping Pong 2

Dwarf Rosella Purple 0 Failed to germinate

Dwarf Brandy Fred 1

Chocolate Cherry 4

Gallina Yellow 4

Hanging Cherry from friend 3

Goat Sac 3

Moses 3

Gardener's Sweetheart 1

Brad's Atomic Grape 2

Beans...We will have plenty of beans to give away and many are new to me this year:

Dragon Tongue bush 16 Plants sowed more (for the kids)

Provider Bush 16 Plants sowed more (earliest producer)

Broad Windsor Not now will plant in fall

NT Half Runner 16 (Reliable pole bean that is still tender when the pods start filling)

Purple Pod Pole 10

Red Eye Fall Bean 11 I'm looking forward to seeing how this one does here...very hard seeds to score!

Lazy Wife Greasy 12 My first Greasy bean

Tobacco Worm 11 Don't you love the name!

Black Coat Runner 2

Painted Lady Runner 2

Yesterday got all of the spinach harvested and cleaned beds out. This one has chard sown and trellis waiting for cucumbers to get a bit bigger inside.