The Garden - July 31

When I took these photo, I didn't realize the flash was on, so they look a little weird.




The corn has really taken off and is starting to get it's tassels. We should have some sweet corn pretty soon.



The pumpkin growing amongst the corn is a Rouge Vif d' Etampes.



Italian plums are starting to ripen. This is the first year that I really have a crop. They don't get as purple as I thought they would when ripe. They are almost too sweet when soft. I've been picking and eating them when they are pretty hard. It only takes two bites to eat one and the pit comes out clean.



Chrissie hanging out under the tangerine tree.



Sid made two new bee blocks this spring, that's five blocks in total now and they are almost completely full. The population in our garden has grown a lot over the past 4 years. Now I hope we can find someone who wants to rent the house and garden, so those bees have something to eat.

Week 2 of my edible gardening class


I'm taking a class from Common Ground in Palo Alto on Edible gardening. There are 5 classes that take place over 5 months. This is the demonstration garden on week 2.


We started the class at the store/classroom and then went to the garden to see a double-digging demonstration.


Photo of the cold frame with flats of oats, beets and jerulseum artichokes. There are lots of great classes to take at Common Ground, take a look at the upcoming class list.

Garden Photos

Peppers

Anaheim

Belecskai - Paprika

Black Hungarian - Paprika

Jimmy Nardello - Sweet Italian

Pepper types and descriptions from Master Gardeners

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Tomatoes

The first, almost red, tomato of the year. Anna Russian is an oxheart heirloom.


Our fence is about 6 feet high. The Orange Strawberry tomato is over 7 feet high now (in back.) In front is Anna Russian and 3 pepper plants to the left.
Planted on 4/13 from transplants.


I have 2 different Brandywine varieties growing this year. The one in front is OTV (Off The Vine) and in back is Brandywine from Croatia.
Planted on 4/13 from transplants.

There are 4 tomatoes here and a small pepper in front. Starting from the back is Ed's Millennium (4/20), then Caspian Pink(4/20), and 2 Polish Linguisa (5/4).

Tomato types and descriptions from Master Gardeners

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Flowers

Sunflower


Pomegranate flowers


Baby Pomegranate


Yellow water lily