Wednesday, 4 June 2025
11:00 a.m.
A few squashes and peppers remain.
Melons will be ready in a couple of days. I have planted more cucumbers, and they should be ready in a couple of weeks. Also more squashes.
The second planting of basil is coming on, but not quite ready. Sunflowers and pumpkins have sprouted in the greenhouse!
NOTE: Stuart, I have a banana pup set aside for you, but no way to contact you. Please send me a message via this website’s contact page.)
Broccoli ‘Gemini’ is forming heads.
First pepper fruit on ‘Cozumel’!
Tomato ‘Polaris’ has large flowers for a tomato as well as large potato type leaves.
NOTE: Stuart, I have a banana pup set aside for you, but no way to contact you. Please send me a message via this website’s contact page.)
Track your harvest using this form! In 2023, I produced 9495 individual vegetables, according to Quintin who figured out the total from my blog. (Thank you, Quintin!) That included individual pea pods and cherry tomatoes and was recorded on scraps of paper. Last year I did not produce a reliable harvest record. I resolve that this year will be different, using this new form which you can download.
(Check your printer settings just before printing. You may need to adjust the scale percentage to fit the page.)
Cabbage ‘Alcosa’.
A unique way of handling tomato plants when the sunniest spot is the driveway.
Please note: These plants are offered straight out of the greenhouse. They are not hardened off. You can harden them off by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions for a week OR (as I do) plant them in the garden right away and give them a little protection for a week.
My donation box will be out. Your help with the cost of seeds and supplies is most appreciated!
Thriving in the garden now are (front to back) mini cabbage ‘Alcosa’, Chinese cabbage ‘Red Trumpet’, and mini butterhead lettuce ‘Tom Thumb’.
Tomatoes protected by makeshift little greenhouses in the garden. I close up the tops at night. You can also use this method with peppers and eggplants.
Kohlrabi stems are beginning to swell.
Did you know that very young pepper plants assume a sleeping position at night? They raise up their leaves which are in a horizontal position during the day. Also, different varieties of pepper go to sleep at different times.
Newly planted vegetable starts covered.
Tips to ensure success when planting.
Birds like vegetables, too! (But not as much as rabbits..)
If you see this zig zag pattern of cuts on the edge of leaves, that is from birds. Notably (last year) they seemed to avoid the red lettuces entirely.
Mini cabbage ‘Katarina’ looks like this when ready to harvest. They are delicious!
Rabbit in the yard next door. - WILLS FARM
Rabbits also like vegetables!
Remember to protect your vegetable plants from rabbits. They really enjoy fresh greens.