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so yesterday we had our first vegetable! an organic zucchini. we sautéed it with some local organic garlic and yellow squash from the farmer’s stand down the way and ate it over grilled tuna. it was spectacular.
in a day or two, we will have another zucchini.
again click images for full size, here we go…
The spaghetti squash has officially become “Squash Thing.” And i fear one night in my sleep it will grow into my bedroom and completely cover me and swallow me. each arm is growing at a rate of 6-12 inches a day. it’s about to take over the hibiscus bush.
it’s also begun growing down the rows of corn. i have to check it at the end of each day to make sure it hasn’t latched it’s vines around any corn stalks. next year i’m going to need a garden just for a single spaghetti squash plant. ah the miracles of WORMPOOP!
spaghetti squash!
my ambrosia melon has finally shown signs of growth after about a month of nothing, it now has new blossoms daily, and is threatening to go “spaghetti squash” on my shallots.
shallot tops and ambrosia blossoms in the background.
the bottoms of my shallots getting that “onion skin” papery husks and an ambrosia blossom.
group of yellow peppers.
my monster red pepper! the largest of my peppers at the moment.
there are 3 kung pao peppers that are getting pretty large!
baby purple beauty peppers!
zucchini’s that will be ready to eat either tomorrow or monday!
first sunflower of the season!
some little white peach tomatoes!
as you can tell, my lemon tomatoes are my most bountiful plant so far. in the first photo you can see the bottoms of them starting to turn yellowish.
these are the green zebra tomatoes. notice on the second photo the “zebra” like patterning begining to develop.
these are the red mr. stripey tomatoes. just babies, they just fruited a few days ago.
this is my out of control tomatillo plant. there is also a yellow pepper plant in there, but the tomatillo has completely enveloped it.
one of the many baby tomatillos.
the yellow peppers hiding in the giant tomatillos plant.
that’s all for this week!
-ryan “the avant gardener” santos.
den said
i love to stare at your beautiful garden. Very relaxing and very earthy. Can i know your secret on how to grow all of this plants. Thanks a lot.
Kevin said
Just came by your page. Looks awesome. But I guess this was last year. Im in Napa and just started my first garden and im having a blast doing it. Hope you are going to go for it again this year.