At the moment, my garden is mostly successful. The tomatoes are coming off a few a day, eggplants are producing really well, the cucumbers are small but plentiful, and we're having trouble keeping up with okra. And the melons continue to slowly produce yummy fruits. I even have 1 pot of lettuce still producing.
Today's harvest and the largest of my watermelons.
I need to plant my fall crops sooner than later so that they'll be ready "on time". So far I think that I'll be growing acorn squash, pie pumpkins, broccoli, and kale. And of course I'll be putting in garlic again.
In the meantime I've turned some of my focus to my wildflowers that I sprouted this spring. They've become super root bound so I'm putting them into larger pots so that they can get a bit more established before I put them in the ground this fall. I'll have extras I'm sure so let me know if you'd like to trade native wildflowers for anything else.
Growing up, my Mom never put up any fruit or vegetables that I remember. So I've been working the whole canning thing with a healthy dose of apprehension about doing everything the right way. The most recent achievement in my kitchen was canning tomatoes.
