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-A.J. It was cloudy and cool for much of this week, and it got down into the high 40’s at night. The weather slowed growth for sure. Before a couple of the cold nights we attached a plastic hoop house over the basil to be on the safe side: There are supposed to be […] -A.J. Last Saturday was the Seattle Tilth vegetable sale. The weather is supposed to be warm this coming week, so Saturday became Transplant Day: The 2018 Plant List: 1 Box Black Krim tomatoes (2 plants. 75 day indeterminate) 1 Box Oregon Spring tomatoes (2 plants. 60 day determinate.) 1 Box – Violet Jasper & […] -A.J. The box of Jersey Supreme Asparagus recently arrived. When we went looking for somewhere to plant them we discovered that really didn’t have a good place for them to live. The other two raised beds are already full of chives, rosemary, sage, thyme, oregano, and so on. What we did have was space for one more raised […] -A.J. The final 2017 garden recap post — The Tomatoes and Tomatillos. The two “Verde” tomatillo plants had a pretty typical year — 14.6 pounds. Normal output is 15-20 pounds. I think it my have actually been too hot on the patio at times and it may have stressed out the tomatillos somewhat. It felt […] -A.J. The Marketmore 64 cucumbers had a good year. I think that’s partly because we harvested them more aggressively, and the plants responded by making more, better fruit. (One box, 4 plants. 38.5 pounds of good-looking cucumbers. We elected not to count the weird stuff that grows after the plants are all but done for […] -A.J. A recap of the 2017 peppers and melons. The almost complete list of what we grew this year is here. (Missing from the post is one “Bell” pepper and one “Lilac” pepper). The “grand” total was 238.6 pounds, which is around our average. That total weight doesn’t include anything except for what was grown […] -A.J. The last harvest of summer veg. It’s mostly Siletz tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, Carmen peppers, and Anaheim peppers: We also have a big pile of basil to pick through for the “good stuff”: The newly empty EarthBoxes have been planted with Shallots, Leeks, and Garlic. The romaine in the foreground got a little […] -A.J. It’s been a busy ten days. Everything decided to ripen at more or less the same time. Altogether it’s been almost 80 pounds of mostly tomatoes and peppers. And melons(!) Starting on Friday, September 8 (Tomatoes: Old German, Purple Cherokee, Oregon Spring, Siletz, and Black Krim. The big peppers are Carmen, the little bells are […] -A.J. Despite the dry summer, the tomatoes, as a group, are late: (L-R) Roma, Old German, Black Krim A closeup, looking down on the Romas: The Wednesday harvest. Mostly Oregon Spring. On the top right are Black Krim, bottom right are Cherokee Purple: Many of the Carmens will likely get harvested this […] -A.J. Fall is approaching. There are lots of tomatoes but they’d better hurry up! The Romas. To be fair, we harvested the 8 ripest fruits last night, so these are all leaning green: This is going to be the biggest Black Krim we’ve ever seen: This is our first year with the Old […] |
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