Tiny Pepper
I noticed last week that my first pepper had set. I took a photo of the first blossom on June 24th.
Two weeks later this is what the flower has become
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Another Harvest
Last Wednesday I picked most of the broccoli and most of the lettuce. I also picked some lime basil and made some Lime Basil Vinaigrette. We had a decent amount of both, enough for a few meals.
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Little Lettuce Seedling
The little lettuce seedlings have gotten their first set of true leaves. You can already tell what color of lettuce it’s going to be.
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Starting a Few More Seeds
This morning I started a few more seeds: 3 Burpee’s Fordhook Zucchini seeds, 5 Super Red Cabbage seeds (I bought these at DeHoff’s in Alliance), 5 Hale’s Best Cantaloupe seeds (I know it’s late, figured I’d give it a shot, I’m planting them on my front hillside that a zone warmer than the rest of my lot), and 5 Saffron summer squash seeds. I’m hoping the zucchini and squash will be ready for a late summer harvest. I recently read about starting a few more plants in early July, so when the plants that are producing start slowing down you still have a few plants at peak for a heavier harvest later in the season (we’ll see how that works out!). I’m trying to do a better job tracking what I start and when I start them (part of the reason for starting this blog). I also need to label my plants better, so here’s what I’m doing now.
Zucchini Information
Cantaloupe Information
Saffron Squash Information
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The Pumpkins are Growing!
I checked on my pumpkin vine today and boy has it grown a ton! Sadly, one of the little pumpkinettes didn’t make it through all the rain we had, but at least one is still doing well on that vine! It’s as big as a softball! Below you can see it’s size now and it’s size 10 days ago, when it was the size of a large marble.
