Present Flowers....Future Vegetables....

Okra Flower

Bitter Gourd Flower

Ridge Gourd Bud

Eggplant Flower

Cucumber Flower

Tomato Flower 

okras growing

We sprinkled few okra seeds late june to test how they come out. Within 30-40 days, okras started growing. Next year I am looking forward to make sure I will grow more plants in the composted bed. I cann't wait to use the growing ones in my Sambar.

First Summer harvest and end of June update

Sungold Cherry tomato and Mini pepper

Vegatable Bed

Eggplant is flowering

Cucumber

Thai Ornamental peppers

Early Jalapeno Peppers

Cayenne peppers

Here comes the tomatoes......

As of May...

last week, here is how the bed looks. I already see a bloom on one of tomato plants. I planted 3 chard transplants, the ones in the pots are growing well as birds are feeding the chard in the bed. Added few marigolds, 1 sweet basil, 1 cucumber and 1 orange bell pepper. Along with all the good developments, weeds are also coming out, bed needs some weeding too.

Whats growing in containers?

Here is update on the containers, I started this season. So far they are growing well with early warm weather. Below are Chard, few carrots and Chard ..

Tophat Blueberry which survived last winter, but not sure if it can give any fruit...

Jasmine plant which survived 2 winters, hoping to see atleast 1 one this year..

Herbs (Oregano, Mint and Sweet Basil)

Ornamental Thai pepper

Eggplant is sharing a pot with 3 marigolds

Flower box with pink petunia and marigolds

Plants went in ground little early

With unusually warmer weather, I planned on putting some seedlings in the bed. I did transplanted some tomatoes, hot peppers and eggplants on May 2nd. Tomatoes and peppers in the blue pots are doing ok, except that the 2nd row in the bed, some pepper and eggplant transplants disappeared. I am not sure what happened to them, if any sparrows plucked them ?(we have been seeing some sparrows searching for food in the bed) or they are gone with the winds we had.

Today the night temperatures are going almost before freezing. I am keeping my fingers crossed for tomatoes, but the blue pots came indoors. I still kept each of the transplants aside to plant them after the official frost date

Serrano peppers

Peppers have started growing....

First Cucumber

Here is the first cucumber for this summer.

Vegetable update early July

After a rainy June, now its sunny here and plants are growing. I see some flowers and fruit.

Grape Tomato Flowers

Veggie Garden Tour - June09

Here is the roundup of what is growing in the vegetable bed. Due to heavy rains for last few days, most of the plants don't seem to be growing, but I have learnt that most of the these sun loving plants will develop a good rooting system and will flourish as soon as the sun is out in this kind of weather, lets hope so...

Patio Tomato

Roma and Grape Tomato

Cucumber

Zucchinni

Serrano Pepper