This week was a little slim as we wait for the summer veggies to come in. I ended up with lettuce, green onions, Swiss chard, kale, kohlrabi, bok choy, fava beans, and peas. I actually got a double portion of fava beans because my friend Cindy didn’t have time to pick hers. The fava beans are a first for me, but I have a few ideas.
My own garden is slowly but surely growing.
My melon plant is bigger but no flowers yet. My cilantro has not yet sprouted. But overall it’s been a fun week. My only worry is that some of the leaves on the biggest tomato plant are starting to brown, which I really hope is not the blight that was everywhere last year. (Not in my garden, just the midwest in general).
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I’ve never seen an okra plant before, what pretty blossoms they have! I was already thinking I would grow okra next year, no I really want to:)
What will you make with everything? I know you’ll be making salads but I was curious about the kohrabi & bok choy. Everything looks rich with vitamins and delicious!
I used the chard for the veggie burrito bake. I plan to use the kale for enchiladas, the bok choy will most likely end up in a stir fry, and I’ll be making a kohlrabi and pea main dish this week. I normally eat the kohlrabi raw like an apple (I’m weird like that).
Your garden is looking great! I’m hoping we don’t get the blight this year too. It got all by tomatoes last year 🙁
Boy, your garden is way ahead of mine and very inspiring. I love getting a “peak” at what mine will look like soon. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi – I’m hopping on over from The Garden Party at An Oregon Cottage. Your comment on blight caught my attention. I’m in the Tacoma, WA area and noticed my tomato leaves are starting to blacken in places and curl. You can see a video of what’s happening here: http://thecouponproject.com/2010/06/vlog-second-garden-video-update.html
I’d be curious to know if what you’re experiencing is similar? I sure hope not. This is my first year gardening and I’ll be SO sad if I have to take out my tomato plants!
Your harvest looks great. Can’t wait until we have more stuff ready for the picking in our garden, too.
Okra is a member of the hibiscus family and I agree the flowers are beautiful. I know that once I see those wonderful flowers harvest time is only a few days away. I have 41 okra plants this year. Right now I am just starting to harvest okra every 2 or 3 days but soon I think I will be overwhelmed with okra.
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Isn’t it so funny how we harbor hopes for our veggies and flowers? Live up to your potential young sprout! You can be the best okra/tomato/bean that you can be!
Thanks for sharing.
Your garden looks delicious.
You put me to shame with my garden. I planted some chillis and potatoes, Winter has set and the potatoes all died.
Everything looks so good!! It is great that you are already harvesting that much!! I guess I will have to look into okra, never eaten it before. Need to find some recipes and then I will add it to the garden next year!!
Your pepper plants look great! I try every year but never seem to quite get there. This year I am spreading the plants around the garden in the hopes that they will let me know what they prefer:) I like reading about your square foot gardening.
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You won’t have long to wait now with everything coming on- soon we’ll all be rolling in the veggies. Thanks for sharing at the TGP
We are doing a CSA for the first time this year and love it. Ours also includes meats, cheeses, breads, and dairy. Your garden looks great.