After Ed got home yesterday from the Annandale flea market & we unpacked the truck (tent included) and he took a nice long nap, we then took our stroll through the garden. It truly is amazing how much these plants grow in one week! We also had a nice discovery this week after harvesting cabbage, as Ed was removing leaves he found a surprise. The cabbage started to produce another head! It is the garden that keeps on giving...
You can see the secondary head growing just above where we harvested the first.
Pretty soon we will have produce coming out of our ears! We brought cabbage, broccoli, snow peas, carrots, cabbage, swiss chard, green beans and lettuce (iceberg, romaine & green leaf) to market on Saturday. The walk through the garden last night showed that the zucchini has grown about 3" in just a few days and should be ready soon, while the next batch of radishes are about grape size..probably 1 more week and we'll have those to sell as well. Other items coming soon are the roma tomatos, grape tomatos, and okra.
Pole beans...using tomato cages to help them climb
Sweet potatoes are coming along nicely
The next bed of cilantro to be picked
Cilantro that went to flower and will become coriander. I love how one plant can provide 2 amazing flavors!
Using fence posts and twine to keep the tomatoes upright. With over 1,000 tomato plants, cages would be quite expensive so a different, low cost alternative was thought up. It will be interesting to see how the twine holds up to the weight of the tomatoes as they grow.
Roma tomatoes
Orange blossom tomatoes...I made a wonderful sauce with them last year.
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