Garden status late September (before work)

As harvesting has slowed, so have our weeding efforts.  The grass is currently winning the battle in multiple beds.  However, today we're going to start working on cleaning things up in preparation for fall and winter.  If we're lucky, we'll get some wheat planted in the main bed.

Garden status late July

The tomatoes have stopped producing so much, the peanuts are getting large, and we've already harvested a couple of watermelons!  The watermelon plant is taking over everything!  It's climbing the fence, blanketing the yard corner, and sneaking into the strawberry bed!  There are several more watermelons growing, including one that's hanging on the fence! (look to the right in the picture)

The other plants seem to be doing about as well as usual, though the (relatively new) banana plants put out new (large) leaves about once a week, or possibly once every few days.  It's been pretty hot here, so we water every day, sometimes twice per day for some plants, to try to keep things alive during 100+ degree F afternoons.

Mid-June Garden Status

Status post for mid-June 2018.  Our two apple trees (a Fuji and an Anna apple) are planted and seem to be doing well.  Our tomatoes are producing fairly well, though we tied them up a bit late, so they look scraggly.  Peanut plants are getting larger.  They used to have flowers but now don't - this worries me since that's happened before, but we'll have to see how it goes.  Our watermelon plants (3 of them) are going insane, flowing off the garden bed and several feet out into the yard.  We have at least 3 watermelons so far, with the largest about the size of a large tomato (?).  Our strawberry plants (forgot a picture) have been branching out, the lettuce and snap peas have died off.  The tiny lentil plants are still growing, but not making much progress.  The grapes are a mixed bag - some are attached to the wire, while others haven't made it yet.  Blackberries are doing well, but need some grass trimming done soon.  In the back yard, our large Pecan tree is putting on leaves, but, despite us hearing about this being a fruiting year for pecans, we can't see any signs of fruit just yet.  The blueberry patch is doing ok in the dedicated peat moss bed.  Finally, the cacao seeds are rising up and starting to get tiny leaves inside.  I think we only have 2 that haven't picked up their seed heads so far.

Sorry for the wall of text; I write these in a hurry these days....

Garden status early may

Garden status

We have several peanuts sprouting (top, near the white rocks).  Our pea plants are mostly doing ok, though we're still waiting for the lentils to sprout (in the trays). The strawberries are doing well and the lettuce keeps making good lunch material for the missus... We're starting to see Bermuda grass coming up through the weed fabric and into the cups :(

Tomato Progress

All 21 of our tomato plants seem to be doing fine!  We expected some of the ones we grew from seed to not make it, but it looks like we should be expecting a lot of tomatoes this year!