The summer garden continues to produce a nice harvest. Harvest has started on the spring planted cabbage, although the heads are a little smaller than normal, they still make very nice cole slaw. The green beans are starting to mature and they I will start picking them within the week (Yum!). The spring planted broccoli continues to produce some nice side shoots. I started picking celery stalks last week. Harvest started on the next crop of lettuce (Green Towers and Buttercrunch). It finally rained, which was good, because the soil was beginning to dry out a bit. I have not had to do much watering so far this year. Most of the onion tops have fallen over, so it will not be long before the bulbs are pulled up to dry. So far, it looks like the new Red Candy onion has produced just mediocre size bulbs. The “old” yellow Candy onion variety that I have grown for years looks like it will produce another good crop of onions. The top setting onions have also produced a nice crop of top setting bulbs, which will be planted back into the garden this fall. For those of you who live in or close to my zone, zone 5, now is the time to start planning your fall garden.
I have now moved into the video age and have just uploaded my first garden video onto YouTube!! See the link below to view the video or click on in the embedded video box below. Please let me know what you think about the video. I hope to produce more videos as the gardening season progresses. Happy Gardening.
You may also click the following link to view the video directly from YouTube: A Quick Garden Tour, July 3, 2009
Ack! The sound is broken on my computer currently, so I can just look. It’s like a tour with earplugs in! Welcome to the high-tech world. Your cabbages are pretty, pretty, pretty! Actually, everything looks pretty yummy. It’s so fascinating to see all the different ways people do things.
Comment by stefaneener — July 13, 2009 @ 12:41 AM
Very nice video. I enjoyed the soundtrack (chirping birds). It was good to see the garden you’ve been writing about. Thanks.
Comment by Carl — July 13, 2009 @ 11:33 AM
Hi Tim!
You garden looks great! Loved the video! It’s so fun to walk with thru your garden. I agree with Stephaneener, those cabbages do look pretty! Tomatoes looked pretty good too! What kind of potatoes do you have growing in the newer box?
Comment by Toni — July 14, 2009 @ 11:39 PM
I have Yukon Gold potatoes growing in the new raised bed.
Comment by Tim B. — July 17, 2009 @ 2:53 PM