Awesomesauce & Other Experiments: Garden Update: July 2014

Now that we're in July, I thought I'd do a quick update on the garden - especially since I got my first serious haul of produce into the house the other night (as opposed to the little smaller bunches of stuff that I've grabbed).

Sugar Snap Peas, French Breakfast Radishes and a mess of green beans!

I have pulled up quite a few radishes & eaten a lot of sugar snap peas before this photo - these are just the ones that have largely made it into the house unscathed. The peas especially are lucky to have made it this far - I find them extra delicious right off the vine.

Here's the main veggie patch.

I know that it largely looks like a big green mess, but from left to right, you can make out: potatoes, in a light beige pot, sweet peppers, in the plastic terra cotta looking pot, broccoli (the dark green leafy thing behind the peppers), snap peas, carrots & dill all mushed together behind the broccoli, the cherry tomato in the pink cage in the centre, the white rectangular pot of lettuces, celery, radishes & beans to the right of the cherry tomato, and in the last tomato cage, the beefsteak tomato plant. Also, lots and lots of weeds . . .

The beefsteak tomato is not loving life this summer. Most other things at this end of the garden seem to be doing okay though.

Here's the left side garden. The blasted daylillies are taking over again. However, the white patch in the front is my lovely thyme, all in bloom. The chives are also doing really well. The oregano is still struggling along in the middle of the patch. The far end is where the sunflowers ended up, and so far, so good with them. We'll see what happens when we finally get some flower heads - especially when they get seeds. I suspect I will have it out with the neighbourhood squirrels again.

The right side garden. The daylillies on this side are largely containing themselves. Between these guys and the hostas you see in the background, the strawberries are doing okay - they did not fruit very well this summer, but they are everbearing varieties, so I may get a better crop in August. The onions seem to be going along alright, as is the nasturtium I got. The spearmint from last year escaped its pot and somehow got into this patch, so, that will be a forever struggle to keep it under control.

Finally, the deck pots. I have two of the rectangular pots - the other is just out of frame. They both contain the watermelon radish seeds, and neither is doing well. Too much rain, and the squirrels have been digging in them. Rosemary and lavender are also performing decently. The cinnamon basil (the dark green pot) however is also not loving life. I can't figure out why. On the upside, at least it is giving me (and the bees) a decent amount of flowers to look at.