Garden Update Day 128: One More Push Before Fall/Winter

So begins the last leg of the journey as far as this year's garden is concerned. And what an adventure it's been. Looking back, our garden provided a fantastic learning distraction during the last few months of turmoil.

Before I head any further, I'll drop the link to Update Day 120. <- There it is!

Each Update has a link to the previous post which links the journal together in its entirety.

Shady Side & Tomato Relocation Next Spring

Three out of our six tomato plants aren't growing as well on the shadier side of the planter. Having mentioned this in past couple updates, these plants are doing much better. Will they grow a few more maters? Perhaps, but they're not likely to produce more than a handful or two.

A Plan For Next Year

Out in the job testing concrete, there's no shortage of wood from the forms. That being the case, I brought some home from the site on Friday. Don't worry. I made sure to ask of it was okay. 😁

How come I haven't started building a second planter box yet, you ask? Cause it's been too hot to think the past few days. I can barely come up with blog ideas much less build a planter in this heat.

But don't I test concrete, you ask? I do, but I have my air conditioned vehicle to escape to. Maybe I should jump in the car to aid my thought process if this heat wave continues? Jeeesh!

Sunny Side Up!

It's easy to guess which side gets the sun from the picture above. Bursting nearly out of the bird net I built grows a Red Cherry Tomato plant. It actually came up later than the first two Oregon Spring seedlings I transplanted.

Leaving them all behind, the Red Cherry plant should be forthcoming with a basket full of salad material. There are new blooms and pods coming up right behind them. Several pods of flowers have already formed new tomato buds.

Final shots of the Red Cherry plant show its underside from farther back and from a 'ground to sky' perspective.

The Bushmaster! - Oregon Spring

In the image below, it's the short bushy plant on the far right. She's already produced several nice tomatoes for us....most of which pests got to first. And that's why I built the net enclosure. Now we don't suffer incessant tomato losses!

A view from the side shows several tomatoes well on their way to ripening. See how much growth this plant has inside? It's going to give us a lot more red juicy goodness!

Even down by the ground, there's a baby tomato growing right on the wood planter. He's encouraged by his older brother!

Basil, Mint, & Limes (Bigger Than Lemons)

Hiding beside the struggling tomato plants, we have both mint and basil. They like the shade and the kitchen when we need them.

The mint is going crazy in the corner and the basil is too. Both these plants came from tiny little cups my wife picked up from the store. They've quintipled in size.

Finally, I joked before in these updates that our limes looked more like green lemons. Now, these balls of citrus have grown larger than many lemons I see at the grocery store! It's time to pick a whole bag or two full. Maybe then the wife will make Key Lime Pie....???

Thanks for reading and as always...

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