I had a bit of a busy week so this update is late, but there’s plenty to talk about.

We had a wind storm this week, so a few things got blown around. No major damage.

Garden Log

Container 1

Container 1 Progress

It’s worth noting that this container seems to have something wrong with its weed cloth. Whenever the water runs out it’s brown - full of dirt it looks like. I’m assuming it won’t be a problem before we take that container apart and plant something new in it.

  • Bush beans - Sadly all of the beans rotted off, but the plant itself is doing well. Maybe it will survive until the fall and it can really start producing for us.
  • Flowers - I tore out the white flowers which were closest to the bush beans to give them more room. They’re doing well in their new home and the beans have a little more space.
  • Ginger - Still somewhat pathetic.

Container 2

Container 2 progress The eggplant is producing new flowers - two of them right now. I took off some of the low-hanging, holey leaves. It’s still growing well, but some beetles have started to become attracted to it: Evil bugs

Apparently they bite into the plant and suck out the sap, which makes the leaves look like this:

Leaf Damage

I pick them off when I find them and the plant isn’t horribly hurt by them so far.

Container 3

This container is currently shaded.

This container also had a bout of mushroom growth:

Mushroom Mushroom

It seemed to have been fueled by excess rain and a few days of sun has apparently cleared it up. I’ll keep an eye on it though. I don’t know when I can get this container apart to add some drainage to it.

  • Parsley - Making steady progress I suppose. Parsley
  • Big pepper plant - We had a harvest event - seven peppers which were ripening. Sadly, they also had some damage on them (pictures are below). The only reason I was keeping most of the branches on the pepper plant was to support the peppers, so I gave the pepper plant a serious haircut: So fresh and clean The remaining leaves are under the shade and hopefully will do nicely. There were some blooms but I haven’t seen if they’ve developed into peppers yet.
  • Pepper sprouts - None have sprouted. Closing this chapter out.
  • Turmeric - Still big, still healthy.

Fruit Trees

Papaya

Papaya Tree

Still alive, growing some I think?

Avocado

No major movement on the avocado pits sprouting. I’m told it takes a long time though, so I’m changing the water every so often and keeping an eye on them.

Plan

Container 1

Potentially remove the other flower come fall.

Container 2

Patience: the eggplants will come.

Container 3

I’m sprouting some poblano seeds that I might plant in here: the peppers should cross-pollenate and make some interesting peppers…

Container 4 - Planned

Possible options:

  • Yellow squash
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Okra
  • Southern Peas
  • Sweet potatoes

I’m leaning toward cherry tomatoes at the moment.

Fall/Winter

We’d like the following plants:

  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Green onion
  • Spinach
  • Kale
  • More greens
  • Carrots
  • Broccoli

I’d like at least 6 containers by October 1st.

Fruit Trees

We want the following fruit trees:

  • Avocado
  • Mango
  • Lime

Harvest Log

Our green/yellow pepper harvest:

Pepper harvest

Harvest Date Green Pepper Tomato (Beefsteak) Beans Eggplant
Up to now 12 11 0  
6/17/17 2 5(3) 0  
6/24/17 0   0  
7/3/17 0   0 0
7/10/17 0   0 0
7/17/17 0   0 0
7/24/17 0   0 0
8/3/17 8   0 0
Total 22 14 0 0

To Do

N/A

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