Happy new month / August 2022

It is the first of August and as I do the first day of (almost) every month the past few years, I took a few new pictures in order to share them as my new month wishes! I took the shots as I was watering the vegetable garden, with no specific plan other than creating some beautiful images but when I opened hive I saw that @riverflows was kind enough to notify me that the August #gardenjournal challenge just began. Of course I couldn't pass my favourite challenge, especially with a bunch of fresh photos right in my hands, so although I wasn't ready for a proper gardening post, I'll do my best to make it at least, a bit interesting :)

As you might remember, @traisto and myself were kept away from our farm during May, so this year's vegetable garden is practically non-existent. Nevertheless during our absence, a friend kept alive a few seedlings that we had prepared before our unexpectedly long trip and we just stuck them in the ground at the herb garden.

Anyway we had prepared more beds for the herbs than the seedlings that were actually delivered, so we had a lot of spare space and although we didn't do any extra tilling or any special care for the, obviously more delicate vegetables, they seem to be growing nicely. I have shown to you a few cherry tomatoes at last month's #gardenjournal but today it was the cucumber plants that I mostly focused on.

I know that everything is way behind in time but as I have said, it was a weird season for our vegetables. I am happy though seeing them (slowly) grow and even if we don't end up with much of a harvest, it is for the benefit of the soil to be planted and active, instead of waiting for the herbs that are not going to be delivered for a few more months!

The only thing that I am a little anxious about, are the corns. They are from Mexico and we started cultivated them in Crete with just 10 granules. This is the second generation plants and I am eager to see them flourishing here and provide us some real traditional corns, in comparison to all that hybrids that are all over the place. Besides the remote location of our herb garden is ideal for preserving varieties since there are no other gardens around for a very large area.

The beans next to the corns will make up for some of the nitrogen that the corns will absorb from the ground, while the corns will be a pillar for the beans to climb. A win win situation :)

Happy gardening to everyone, on both hemispheres!