I can’t believe the end of May is already here. I feel so blessed with my harvest of tomatoes already, and there are more to come. My kitchen window has housed the rotation of tomatoes from daily harvests for the last 5 weeks or so.
Yesterday's window
May 16th window
May 6th window
I have no idea how many tomatoes I’ve harvested this Spring, but it has been a lot. Everyone who visits gets a bag full; everyone I visit gets a bag full, my freezer is full, and I’m eating them as fast as I can. I’m in garden tomato heaven, and there are lots more where those came from.
More tomatoes!
The cucumbers have done fairly well, and I’ve harvested two very different ones, a Straight 8 and a long curly one. Since those were harvested, the plants have taken off and started flowering more.
Cucumber plant
I pickled mine and some from the farmer’s market, yesterday.
Pickles
The peppers have been heavy producers as well, and I’m eating peppers every chance I get. This morning I picked the biggest of the jalapenos, serranos, padrons and an Anaheim. The Hinklehatz aren’t turning red just yet, but I have a plant full of them.
This morning's pepper harvest
The watermelon plants took off after I fed them some Buds and Blooms and gave them a good douse of water. There are tiny watermelons making an appearance.
Watermelon
I still haven’t managed to grow fantastic corn. It is delicious, but the ears never fill out as much as I’d like.
corn
My breakfast gets eaten outside these days, as I pluck nearly ripe tomatoes with blackberry stained fingers.
Superfruit
The citrus are coming right along, too. Meyer lemons, key limes, and Satsuma oranges have all set fruit.
Meyer Lemon
I have had a dwarf peach tree in a pot on my driveway for 3 or 4 years. Each year, it has peaches on it, and each year, they get stolen, by some animal. This year, my little tree has 18 peaches on it, and remains unmolested by nature. I’m ecstatic.
Peaches!
I feel very lucky to have such a wonderful garden this year. Yet, I have no idea why my garden, and everyone else’s that I know, are so very productive and trouble free. Did the freeze kill the bugs? Maybe. But where are the squirrels? I have no idea, but I’m thankful for it!
