It has been hot and dry for days. The radishes in the garden grew enormous but every time I pulled up one of the huge plants all I got was a sad little red nub. I figured they needed to grow more and left them alone. Some of them started to grow flowers out the top but still no radish. A neighbor down the street told me that it has been too hot for the plants and that I should just pull all of them and plant more seeds when it cools off. I pulled every radish plant. It’s for the better. They were starting to choke out the beets and lettuce around them.
The broccoli has also grown to a colossal size but have yet to produce florets. Only one of the cauliflowers has produced florets. Maybe it’s been to hot for them as well.
The green beans have yielded another great harvest and seem to be sprouting new pods by the minute. I thought the snap peas were finished but I picked off 2 pods today.
The beats seem to be growing steadily but I’m not sure I dug them deep enough when I first planted them. The tubers are popping far above the dirt and are still quite small. I think I may dig them up and plant them deeper.
The tomato plants had started to grow out of control. I had to tie the wayward branches to their cages using nylon because they were blocking the sun from the peppers and celery.
I have been making some amazing food from my regular harvests; fried zucchini, cucumber water, pesto, and sauces.
The Carrots
Garlic ready to be harvested.
One of the Red Beauty bell pepper plants that was stunted by the unruly tomato plants.
Two of the many cucumber sprouting from the vine.
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