Happy Friday everyone! It's been awhile since I've taken some pictures in the backyard. Probably the prettiest plant I have in bloom right now is this Purple Dome New England Aster. Gorgeous purple flowers everywhere and the bees love them! The bloom in the fall every year, and they came with the house when I bought it. I had considered replacing them until I saw them bloom the first time and they were keepers after that!
Unfortunately, this is on the neglected side of the house with the air conditioning units so it tends to get a lot of overgrown grass. This used to be an orange orchard, and the old orchard grass just keeps on growing no matter how hard I try to get rid of it! lol
Tomatoes
My tomatoes and peppers have been the stars of my backyard this year. There are more tomatoes to be picked every couple of days now. I picked a giant bag of cherry tomatoes yesterday so most of what you see are the unripe ones remaining. Give them a few days and I'll have another load to harvest!
The Roma hybrid which is a San Marzano is probably the best producer. They taste great and have produced so many I've had to bottle a few batches of them already. It looks like there are a few more to get picked today!
Peppers
This year I only grew jalapenos and shishito peppers. The jalapenos are a hybrid called La Bomba II, very good with thick walls and some very nice heat to them. I recently shared a post of roasting shishitos and bottling them as well. Below are some of my shishito plants:
And some of my jalapenos:
I've had a hard time keeping up with bottling the jalapenos, they just keep growing more so fast... A good problem to have!
Broccolini
This is a hybrid of broccoli with Chinese broccoli developed in Japan around 30 years ago. It is more tender with smaller florets, but tastes really good. The real advantage is it grows in warmer climates than regular broccoli, and southern California is certainly warmer than broccoli would like. But my broccolini plants are very happy here!
I harvested a bunch yesterday so you can see where I cut off what I cultivated and the new shoots coming up for my next harvest in a week or so. It grows fast!
Basil
My basil continues to be happy, growing like crazy! It smells great!
Normally this time of year I like talking long walks in the late afternoon, but have been sidelined with some Achilles tendonitis. So I'm pretty limited to just the backyard right now! You make the best of it, it's all you can do I suppose...
That will do it for me this Friday, please feel free to leave any comments or questions below. And as always, thank you for all of your support, I really do appreciate it! Have a great weekend everyone!
Disclaimer
I am not a financial planner and this isn't financial advice. Please always do your own research before investing your money. You worked hard enough to earn it!
All pictures are my own taken on my old Motorola cell phone, the one I don't mind beating up in the dirt!
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broccolini
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