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22 Aug 2009Harvested Carrots Scarlet Nantes Harvesting and Square Foot 2 gardenIn total, I harvested 4 cups of carrots from these two square feet. There might have been five cups total, but I had already eaten a few over the last couple weeks. I chopped and froze the carrots to use in soups later.Sunny 25°C / 77°F
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22 Aug 2009All transplanted Calabrese Natalino Planting Out, Square Foot 2 garden , Square Foot 1 garden , Square Foot 3 garden , Calab...I have gotten all the baby calabrese transplanted. I was having to wait for things to be harvested to have room to transplant them. There are three in SFG 2, two in SFG 1, and one in SFG 3.Sunny 25°C / 77°F
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11 Aug 2009Pulled up a few Carrots Scarlet Nantes Harvesting and Square Foot 2 gardenI harvested a few carrots that I could see the orange poking up from the ground. They were good sized and tasted great. The two squares are still quite full of growing carrots.Sunny 21°C / 70°F
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03 Aug 2009sprouted Broad Beans Sprouting and Square Foot 2 gardenSunny 24°C / 75°F
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02 Aug 2009The best cucumbers ever Cucumber Flamingo Harvesting, Square Foot 2 garden , Cucumber Flamingo , and Square Foot 1 gardenSunny 25°C / 77°F
I have had three cucumbers off of the two plants in SFG 2, but none off the plants in SFG 1. There are lots of flowers, but after they bloom the fruits wither and fall off. I am thinking the hot weather helps them to set. The three I harvested already came after a heat wave, and the ones formin...
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21 Jul 2009Tomato Heartbreak Tomato 'Double Rich' Dying, Tomato 'Green Zebra' Dying, Tomato 'Orange Favorite' Dying, Tomato 'White Mirab...Sunny 30°C / 86°F
My poor tomato plants are sick and dying. Several of the cherry tomato plants had already battled a bacterial infection in the spring. They recovered, but now every tomato plant I have is dying with verticulum wilt. I have already disposed of the sickest ones, saving what fruit looked like it ...
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08 Jul 2009Ripening Peacevine Cherry Tomatoes and Square Foot 2 gardenI was thrilled to see that we have some cherry tomatoes ripening! This is ahead of my predicted schedule and very neat!Overcast 17°C / 63°F

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