taming of the tomatoes

The tomatoes have far exceeded the confines of the 6 foot cages. We had to tie them up to the top rail of the deck with twine. Soon they will be over the top of the rail and have to be topped.



Christa topping tomatoes so they don't block the satellite dish.

Tomato

The first tomato of the year. It is a 4 th of July (its a little bit late). Now the onslaught of tomatoes begins.

cucumber vines

I think maybe the cucumber vines have gone out of control. They now go From the ground up over the deck railing down to the deck (about 14 feet) and sprawl about 3 feet accost it. We will soon have to cut it back if we want to get into the house.

Critters

Something has been eating the melons. Turns out is was a mole. (The mole has been eliminated)

More harvesting

More kohlrabi


Cucumbers beans peppers and zucchini



Golden beats MMMMmmm beats.

Carrots

First carrots of the year some are regular and some are dwarf.


yellow carrots

Zucchini

First zucchini of the year. This a new kind we grew this year (Costata Romanesco). Now they will start to come in droves.

7-13 Update

Starting to get cucumbers.

Tomatoes are up to and above the deck.



Tomatoes are getting tall. Soon they will have to be topped to we don't lose satellite signal

Bugs

We are having problem with bugs this year. Many Japanese Beatles but I have found a few of these. I am not sure what they are but they are big.


After looking it up I found that it is a Grapevine Beetle. Go figure, it was on the grapes.

kohlrabi

kohlrabi is ready.

First Harvesting

We have a few things that are ready to harvest


First dill


Scallions


2 year garlic

7-6-2008 form the deck

7-5-2008 update

Everything is starting to get out of control

New toy

Not really part of the garden but I got a new toy today. Now to remove vista.

Peas and tomatoes

We have a few peas that are just about to be picked.


Tomatoes are starting to form!

Rhubarb

The rhubarb is filling out nicely.