A good's days pickings

Yes, it is a good day in the garden.  The kale is plentiful and oh so tasty. Each of the three varieties of cucumbers is very happy with the heat and producing as much as they can.  The lemon cucumber plant is full of beautiful little yellow flowers and shows no sign of letting up!  Looks like I'll be pulling the last of this carrot harvest this week!  Need to start planning for the fall harvest.............yet, still no red tomatoes from the heirloom and slicers! 

Finally... eating tomatoes

Yes, we finally have tomatoes to eat.  Well, I use that phrasing a little loosely.  I picked 5 beautifully red little globes of the Cherry Buzz Tomatoes. Mr. B and I each had 5 halves, slightly salted.  They were nice, but to be truthful, I was disappointed.  I'm not sure if it is the slow start with the unusually cool summer , but these were not delightfully sweet.  Last year I planted Sweet 100's and they were little bursts of sugar with each bite.  These were ...... just ok. 

Oh well, more are turning pink so I hope to have better reports.  The heirlooms and slicers are setting on, but nothing red to eat yet.

However, cucumbers are more than plentifull.  I"m taking several to neighbors most mornings as there are just too many to eat at 2 meals a day.  iI may try to use my mother's Bread and Butter Pickles recipe this weekend.

So, off to the dirt!

Tomato Envy

Here we are on July 21 and I still don't have a single red tomato. I am 6 weeks behind the first ripe tomatoes in 2010.  Lot's of beautiful little yellow blossoms, some forming tomatoes, but nothing red, except the pots some are planted in.  I have great envy when talking to my mom (in Central California) and she is harvesting  5 - 7 each day off her two 'Home Depot' plants while I have nothing to show (yet) for all my hours of tending over seeds, seedlings, transplanting and bi weekly fertilization. 

With nice warm weather here again this week, I hope to see something turn red!  Cucumbers are going great and I harvest 2 - 3 each day.  Just one little eggplant starting to grow... and that's on a total of 3 plants.  

And so, I've finished with my complaining about the results of the cool weather.... and the good news is that our electric bill is the lowest it's ever been!!!

So... off to the dirt.