bean sprouts

 
 
I planted these beans after I pulled out my peas plants. One package of pole beans seeds and one of bush beans. The package said it plants about 20 feet of row – I squished them into about 5 or 6 feet. They have come up well. Usually we frost mid-October, so I’m hoping they grow fast. They need 50-60 days til harvest. Its disappointing that the summer is winding down…. Fabaceae
 

Solanum lycopersicum

 
 
Such a pretty fruit. Soon I’m going to have buckets full of tomatoes, I just know it! (I’m hoping so anyway.) But not quite yet. I’m getting about one ripe one every other day. Still only the Early Girls.
 

carrots

 
 
My mom helped me thin my carrots today. The row is sooo thick its taken over half of a raised bed. (It was only one packet of seeds!) I’ve been pulling a few now and then, but it needed more work than that. I was glad I could recruit some help. The good news is that the carrot roots are getting nice and big now. Edible size. Yum! Daucus carota
 

baby squashes

 
 
I think my fertilizing may have helped to encourage female squash flowers. There are MANY of them budded now (though I haven’t seem any blooms yet). At least half of all the youngest flower buds are female (have fruits). The plants still look pretty good – no sign of squash stem borers yet. Its probably a good time to spray the stems and fertilize again (the last time I did was July 27).
 

pesto

 
 
We’ve made pesto from our garden basil for maybe 20 years now. Always a slightly different mix of nuts, cheese, garlic, oil and basil. Sometimes we use the classic: pine nuts, sometimes walnuts. Sometimes only Parmesan cheese, sometimes cheese mixtures. For this batch the recipe was: 2 cups of pecans 2 cups of walnuts 2 heads of garlic 10 oz grated cheese blend: Grana Padano, Asiago, Pecorino, Romano, Provolone 5 oz grated Parmesan 1 liter extra virgin olive oil Salt to taste: maybe 2-3 Tbs 1 pile of basil This…
 

looking out the window

 
 
I can see my tomato, basil and cucumber plants through the dining room window. A cane from a climbing rose brushes against the screen.
 

tall tomato vines

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The tomato plants are 6 feet tall already this year! Lots of green tomatoes on the vines, just not alot ripening yet. A few ripe ones here and there. I’ve picked about 3 or 4 so far, plus a number of cherries. I have mostly Early Girl and Supersonic, plus a couple red and yellow Brandywine. Solanum lycopersicum
 

Kathy Martin
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy



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