It seemed to me that my Turnips were growing like crazy and might be getting ready to pick... so I picked one.
So... not quite ready yet I guess. I did decide to chop up the greens though and add them to dinner. From what I've read, Turnip Greens are some of the healthiest things on earth!
My peas started flowering the other day and today - I found my first Lincoln Pea!
He's not quite ready to pick yet but I'm hoping by this weekend he'll be plumped up!
This is the first Super Sugar Snap Pea I could find.
Again, hoping I get to try him this weekend!
Here's what the carrots are looking like
And my green beans just sprouted.
Ok, it's time for you to meet Ernie before we continue.
Ernie has joined us the last few evenings in a row. Apparently our back yard is the perfect place to soak in those last few minutes of sunshine. If we sit on the hammocks, he sits on the table or on our t-shirts. If I'm working in the garden, he flits around and follows me as I move from plant to plant.
He went in to investigate the Turnips after I picked the failure up at the top of this post.
These Bell Peppers look like they might flower soon.
The beets are so pretty but based on my Turnip experiment I'm pretty sure they aren't going to be ready any time soon.
How are the peas doing Ernie?
One of my spinach varieties is bolting :(
I need a heat tolerant green to plant in it's place - any suggestions?
Here is our one and only Meyer lemon. We had another one on a different lemon tree but a squirrel took off with him :( Let's hope this guy makes it - I really want to make a cocktail out of him!
Here are the hanging tomatoes (Orange Jubilee, Yellow Pear, and Grape)
The thyme is getting tiny little flowers!
The hops managed to topple their original support so we changed our plan. Now we are training the majority of the vines to head sideways along the garage and we're letting 2 go up.
They are budding like crazy and I'm anticipating some hop cones very soon!
I've got quite a few tomatoes in the raised beds
But I also decided to try a few in pots. This one went in about 2 weeks ago with some marigolds. (It's a Brandywine)
And I just planted this Cherokee Purple over the weekend. He's got a few purple basils in there with him and I also planted some Lettuce seeds. Apparently they work well together. While the tomato is small, the lettuce gets the sun it needs but when it's hot out, the tomato will shade the lettuce which hates the heat. (And in turn, the lettuce shades the soil and keeps it cooler for the tomato)
I leave you with my view at 11:40PM as I lift my laptop from my lap.
how cute is she?