Update From the Gardens
It seems the light and weather have shifted. Blossoms are turning more quickly to fruit and the fruits are ripening more quickly. Full sized spaghetti squashes are showing up in the Winter Squash and Pumpkin patch in the garden down by the road. The rain today was steady and sustained enough to give the up and coming crops the water they need to move forward in their life. This includes a second round of green beans, tomatillos, paste tomatoes, and a late round of cilantro and dill. We had our first yellow watermelon and have just started to get ripe ears of...
Update From the Gardens
The persistant hot and dry continues to push some crops forward while haltering others. Green beans, summer squash, kale, and lettuce are at a stand still. Sweet corn is only a week away from harvest, the sweet peppers are coloring up quickly now, the jalapenos are getting their signiture striations, and the heirloom tomatoes are at peak ripening. The shelling beans are just on the verge of picking and as the plants start to die back, they reveal their beautiful striped pink and white pods. Our stand of dry beans looks great this year and it seems we'll be harvesting...
Update from the Gardens
The gardens are well cultivated, but many of the resident plants look tired. Green bean plants stopped putting out flowers a couple of weeks ago and now the only beans left are small and tough. Summer squash plants have pretty much paused on producing new flowers and fruit. It seems they are all conserving energy in this dry time until they get the rain needed to resume their life cycle. Carrots and beets that we planted a month ago are also on pause. They emerged wonderfully and have become established plants, but have stopped progressing as they too wait for the rain. We...