The squash plant is completely dead. The cucumber plant looks ill but is sprouting some new growth. I find it hard to believe that they are mostly dead just because I didn't water them for two days, two days in which they got three inches of rain each, according to my little rain gauge while they still had water in their pot reservoirs.
But. As I said, no idea what I'm doing. The cucumber leaves look like perhaps a bug has gotten to them. Or it could be the lack of water. I'm not quite sure.
The self-watering pots are certainly breeding mosquitoes. Can't say I'm thrilled about that.
Anyway, on to better things.
My first plum tomato that ripened to the point of edibility. I was thrilled, trying to wait for just the right time to pick him.
It was on this day! He had green shoulders, but he came off the plant easily. We cut him in half and ate him plain and raw. He wad sweet and delicious.
This is the first jalapeno we harvested. Actually, Josh did it. I roasted him next to our bone-in ribeye. Like the Burge jalapenos, they are SPICY!
This is one of my absolute favorite plants ever. It's called a stone plant. I have had several since I was young. The one that did the best was the first I ever had and it died when we went to Hong Kong. Yes, it was that traumatic. I was 9.
Since then, I haven't been been able to keep one alive. This one lives outside so he gets rained on and some overflow when I'm watering plants. He started shedding old growth nearly as soon as I brought him home. Glee!
Here is a pesto that I made to use up the crazy growth of basil we have. I used too many pine nuts, but it was still good.
The parsley is not growing as quickly as I hoped. I ravaged both plants yesterday to make a chimmichurri so they are even sparser than they were. The oregano is doing pretty well. This is already harvested for the chimmichurri as well. I think I trimmed every shoot.
But it's hard to compare those little plants next to the mass that are the basil and mint. Even when Josh uses a ton of mint in drinks and I make massive pestos, these herbs are doing so well. (Which is awesome. I am totally not complaining.) And then there are the chives in the wee middle there. I cut off the top of his head yesterday to put on potatoes. I know you are supposed to harvest to encourage growth. I'm trying!
Two of the tomato plants have ripening fruit. But just one. How odd, right? I think this one will be ready to pick tomorrow ... though it's overcast so many Monday.
And here is the other.
The container tomato has been prolific, but none of their fruits look close to ripening even though there are so many of them and they were the first to fruit. I am thinking I should just harvest some and make fried green tomatoes.
The plum next to it is still fruiting and it looks like a couple are starting to ripen.
The black cherry tomato is doing well too. Also still fruiting, also not ripening.
The green zebra is mostly dying and I don't think it will fruit at all. The brandywine has a bunch of new flowers at the top, but otherwise doesn't look promising. I moved him over closer to the rest of the tomatoes even though it makes it crowded because I don't think he was getting pollinated over where he was before.
The eggplant plant is doing very well. I really need to harvest this weekend. Even the offshoots are fruiting now. I think that one in front is also ready to harvest.
The jalapeno plant is also doing very well. I'm going to harvest all the good-sized ones today and then use them in breakfast burritos. Spicy!
Today we are also going to a garden center to pick up some stuff for a fall garden. Some of my seed catalogs have started to come in and the store I want to go to carries Seed Savers seeds, which are mostly heirloom or non-GMO. I'm hoping to do some lettuces, kale, and broccoli. We'll see how it goes growing from seed.
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