The good stuff in the vegetable world is in full swing: tomatoes, cucumbers and melons. By some greatly appreciated miracle, the raccoons have not been into the garden this summer. Rabbits got to a couple melons that were touching the ground, but, unlike raccoons, they didn't pull the melons off the vines and destroy them completely. They just ate out the bottoms, so I cut off the damage and ate the rest myself.
These French Charentais type melons are so delicious, and the flesh stays firm, never mushy.
'Savor'
The long sweet peppers I grew from seeds of grocery store peppers have done okay, but of course they are not grown under the artificial conditions marketers use, so not as large or fleshy.
Rhubarb, onions and garlic, 'Carmine Splendor' okra, 'Marketmore' cucumber,
'Savor' French Charentais melon, and 'German Johnson' tomatoes
'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes, 'Primo Vantage' cabbage, sweet long pepper,
and ripe jalapeño peppers
'Primo Vantage' cabbage
'Carmine Splendor' okra, 'Omero' cabbages,
and celery gone to seed
'Carmine Splendor' okra
'Omero' cabbages
'Marketmore' cucumber and 'Savor' melon
'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes
My fall peas, collected from early spring peas, are doing well, considering they're competing with so many weeds. Due to several factors, including extreme heat in July and long Covid, I haven't kept my garden tended well as in previous years.
I've done a better job in the rose garden. But the aphids showed up this week, and I'm having quite a battle with them.
Lavender 'Poseidon' and yellow 'South Africa'
'South Africa'
'Razzle Dazzle'
'Razzle Dazzle'
Till next time.
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