Through the busy heat of this unprecedentedly hot summer, the gardens have flourished amazingly. The tomatoes are loaded with pounds of thick green tomato clusters. The string beans are cranking out a few pounds of beans every 3 days- by far the best year for beans yet. The zucchinis are keeping us rich in their fruits at all times, as they are prone to doing. I’ve taken to pickling baby zucchinis now, hopefully it’s a worthwhile endeavor (I have yet to open and eat any pickled Zucch’s). The cucumbers are keeping me busy with endless pickling. The leafy greens have run their course in the heat, the fourth round of beets have been pickled, and I’m busy every day hand pollinating my squash jungle.
Enjoy the following photos of the upper greenhouse garden through August!
Tomatillos, squash, beans, tomatoes, and peppers
Banana squash dominating this vertical squash trio, with onions, raspberries, tomatoes, gooseberries, and cucumbers beneath and around.
After 2 rounds of beets and leafy greens in this bed, I re-seeded it in small squash seeds of unknown variety.
The pole beans showing off amongst the nightshades and squash at the top of the upper greenhouse
My earliest patch of string beans taking over a post.
String beans showing off behind a late patch of tomatoes, tomatillos, and cucumbers
Close up of the lovely purple green beans
Some hefty clusters of green tomatoes, I call them “lemon drops” as they finish a beautiful yellow color.
Cucumbers and tomatoes
More squash plants starting to take off- they grow several inches every day.
This squash patch is exploding and has nearly taken over this area in the last few days
Our pickling haul every 3 days or so
The best preforming lettuces of the year have been allowed to go to seed
4 zucchini plants are taking over the path and the beds around them
More mystery squashes- I want to know what they’ll produce!
