What a mixed bag of a gardening season. So much cool, wet weather has taken it's toll. My fingers are crossed that August will be sunny and hot so the things in the garden might have a chance to catch up.
This mess is the pea patch. For the first time, we won't be harvesting any peas this year. The roots became waterlogged last month and the plants stopped growing. Most of them are only a few inches tall and are on the yellow side. It is difficult to see them because of the mass of grass and weeds that have taken over. Uhg.
(Click on pictures to enlarge them.)
I started to turn the pea patch one shovelful at a time, removing as many of the weeds as possible by hand. The soil is as hard as a brick, making it slow going. I moved the two Cream Sausage tomato plants to the pea patch so they would get more sun.
Sweet Alyssum, Dwarf Fairlyland Candytuft, and marjoram (in the small, black container).
Rosemary, Sweet Alyssum, Dwarf Fairyland Candytuft, and Indian Savoury mint (white container).
Another lackluster plot. :-( Cosmos, beans (Red Swan, Calima), cauliflower, a tomato plant (Principe Borghese), two Early Prolific squash plants, a volunteer sunflower and a few volunteer tomato plants. Weeds everywhere, soil very damp. The beans should be about a foot tall by now.
Red Swan beans (only a few inches tall, but there are flowers on them, so there's hope!).
Rubenza Comsos
Cream Sausage tomatoes
A mishmash of zinnias, Creeping Thyme, red Swiss Chard, and Wooley Thyme. And weeds/grass.
Auria tomatoes
Jewish tomatoes
Cabbage - Red Express, Early Golden Acre, Cour di Bue
Gaspe Flint corn (L) and Beka Brown dry beans (R)
Little cobs forming...
Galeux D'Eysines squash. Lagging behind where it should be, though yesterday the first two female flowers opened and I was able to pollinate them.
The East garden - Cosmos, tomatoes, Anaheim peppers, zucchini, marigolds, broccoli.
Broccoli
The zucchini (Fordhook) have begun to put out flowers, even though the plants are smaller than they usually are at this point in the season.
One of two Emerald Evergreen tomato plants.
Ruckle dry beans and Black Sea Man tomatoes.
The raspberry patch. We might not get any peas this year, but the raspberries look abundant.
Raised beds along the driveway...beans, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage...
Cucumbers, nasturtiums, Summer Savoury, Principe Borghese tomatoes
Peach Melba nasturtiums
Alaska Red Shades nasturtiums. (I'm looking forward to seeing the blooms on these!)
Agate pinto beans (with runners) and Candy Sweet Icicle tomatoes, which are being dwarfed/shaded by the beans. Opps. Didn't realize the beans would grow this tall.
Even the strawberry bed is underperforming this year. The ones we're picking are delicious, though. :)
Candy Sweet Icicle tomatoes
Sweet Alyssum, Springtime Cassis pansies, and Johnny Jump-Ups.
Table King Acorn squash
Hungarian Heart tomato plant
South side of the house - tomatoes, sage, Red Chantenay carrots, lemon balm, jalapeno pepper, apple mint.
Work Release Paste tomatoes
South side of the house - tomatoes, Pineapple sage, nasturtiums, basil
Springtime Cassis pansies
Assorted greens ("Crisp Mint lettuce" is a winner this year).
Greek basil
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