IN FULL BLOOM

The nasturtiums have finally bloomed!

Aren't the gorgeous? They're edible but I think they're too pretty to pick!

It seems the entire garden has kicked into high gear since my last post. Peppers and tomatoes are growing, peas are blooming, even the melons seem to be on their way!

Roma tomatoes hanging on the vine

One of the heirloom tomatoes. Big Rainbow? Cherokee Purple?

The tomato bed is looking great. The dinosaur kale is growing well on either end, the marigolds just keep on blooming, and the basil is getting bigger too. Not to mention the 9 tomato plants that are either blooming or have tomatoes growing! The little green spikes in the bottom left of the bed are zinnias, but I'm not sure they're going to get big enough to flower this season. I planted them a bit late and they seem to be growing very slowly. 

Next to the tomato bed is a raspberry bee balm that I was hoping would attract some pollinators to the garden. It has finally bloomed too! (It will get much bigger than this)

And check out the peppers!

There might be more jalapenos than leaves on this one!

The first garden salsa peppers!

Not sure what this is - maybe a Sahuaro?

The beans are getting bigger and have started to wrap themselves up the string trellis. The nearby lettuce is growing well too. (Rhubarb in the bottom right, the last tumbling tom is literally hanging in there too!)

I finally weeded the lettuce bed enough to make it look half decent! The onions are still out of control and the lettuce is doing well. The Tiny Tim tomatoes planted in between the marigolds have the cutest little tomatoes growing on them as too, but I forgot to take a picture of them. Next time!

The achochas are getting taller and sending out multiple branches now - I think next year I might let these guys grow up the gazebo. They seem to be growing much faster than the morning glories.

Yep, I basically planted these in a pile of dirt

My first yellow summerpac squash flower!

The poquito squash is getting a bit ridiculous. It also has some powdery mildew on its leaves (those white patches) - I might spray it if it gets any worse but for now I'm too lazy...

Next door to the squash are the melons, they seem much happier these days. I think they thrive in the hot weather. The cucumber beetles have snacked on them quite a bit but they seem to be doing OK. 

I promised a cucamelon update last time, so here it is. They have started growing again but are all bunched up in a cucmelony-clump at the base of the trellis. I'm trying to train them up the netting but they kind of have a mind of their own!

Here's something I haven't posted before - beets!

I don't have very many of them growing, I had planted a few rows in between the pea tepees but only a few sprouted. So this is my haphazard beet patch:

And last but not least, the peas are halfway up the tepees now and have a few blooms:

And one single solitary pea! He's cute.

That's it that's all, stay tuned for more!

Hmm looks like I need to add more wood chips to these pathways...