Our garden continues to prosper. With the intense heat, we keep watering twice a day – once in the morning and again in the early afternoon.
My son completes the morning watering while my daughter and I take turns in the afternoons. My helpers give me updates on the progress made after watering.
With the fertilizing last month, we saw a huge growth this month and enjoyed eating some of the fruit of our labors. 🙂
Strawberries
Purchased the net this month, installed it, and harvested our strawberries. Success! We picked 6 beautiful strawberries, washed, and munched on them.
Tomatoes
After picking last month’s 4 tomatoes, our plants multiplied. We picked five more this month and have 10+ tomatoes growing on the plants.
Cucumbers
After a day of watering by my son, I went out to check on the garden. When I saw the cucumber plants lying in the dirt, I went to investigate. Finding the vine heavy, I inspected the plant and found a 3-inch cucumber. This fruit sprouted in a day. It was a.m.a.z.i.n.g. to see.
We have lots more cucumbers growing on the vines, and the vines began climbing the wires this month.
Lettuce
For our salads this month, we have snipped from our garden. Since the bibb lettuce has a tart taste, we only eat our Romaine lettuce. I do purge our lettuce leaves to keep the plants healthy and growing. Not quite sure what to do with the bibb lettuce.
The spinach we planted never surfaced. So, when my children received a sandwich bag of seeds at a Kidgit’s Event, I planted them in the empty section. We are waiting to see if anything comes up.
Peppers
Our pepper plants have buds and the stalks have strengthened. Just watering and watching our peppers for more growth.
Herbs
Once our herbs began invading other areas of our garden, I cut the extra and am in the process of drying our herbs.
In ending the month, we harvested lots of parsley, basil, and oregano along with 4 strawberries and a cucumber.
After harvesting the overgrown areas, we ended June with a manageable, growing garden.
This garden experiment continues to impress us. In fact, my husband would like to double or triple our garden next year.
Though I am still learning, I love checking, weeding, and harvesting from the garden. If you have posted about your garden, please add your link in the comments. I would love to learn from you. Happy tending!
Question: What are you growing in your garden?