Good Stuff, Dude.

I promised some pictures of this behemoth, so here's a few that I took this evening.

Nice grass, right? Yeah, I'm a big fan, also. I've found that my weeds are minimal, but the excess amount of grass and crabgrass are pretty frustrating. It has taken almost constant tilling and plucking to keep the whole thing in any semblance of order. I till in between my rows in a pretty constant cycle that lasts about two weeks. I try and weed one row every other day, but I still haven't been able to stay ahead. It's a lot better now as opposed to last week, but I still don't feel like I've got a really good handle on everything. This is a view from the lower left corner of the space. You can see corn, dill and cilantro in the foreground followed by okra, squash, snap peas, tomatoes, peppers, and green beans.

These will be some of the most massive tomatoes I've ever grown. They are an heirloom variety and will grow to over a foot in diameter. These are the first two that appeared and they've grown over the past week. I have at least ten more blossoms on this plant, and I expect to have a lot more. A LOT more.






To the left are my six tomato plants. I'm incredibly proud of the weird little planting system I came up with. First I created a hill of about eight inches from the rest of the plot for each of the plants. When I planted them, I put them incredibly deep and left a crater around the stem of each plant in bowl shape. When I've needed to water the plants, I poured enough water into the crater to fill it to the top and let all the water soak down to the roots. I really believe that this method helped to ensure that the plants received the water and not the dirt around the base. Whether this worked or not, I have four plants that come up to my shoulder and all six have at least ten little green tomatoes growing on them. Tomato sandwiches for months!

To the right are my incredibly surprising massive heads of bok choi! Thanks to some friends for reminding me how incredible it tastes grilled! Warm up a saute pan, toss in some leaves with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper and you have yourself some of the best tasting greens you could ever imagine. I have had over twenty heads come up and I've decided that I will replant these in August to try and get a second crop this year. We'll find out the hard way, just like with everything else!

I've got some more pics to put up, so check back tomorrow for tons more. Thanks to everyone for their support, it's been an absolute blast sharing this with you guys. Holla!

Recent Garden Playlists:

To the Sea-Jack Johnson
Madman Across the Water-Elton John
Plastic Beach-Gorrilas

Watching the Grass Grow

So I broke my tiller. Sort of. Ok, not really, it's just resting. I was tilling through some of rocks along the fence line and lost the bolt that holds the blades in place. Tomorrow I'm going to head out and pick up a replacement and try to tackle the amazing amount of grass that has cropped up. things are really coming along though! I have at least fifty green tomatoes on my plants, so I'm sure to be sharing!

Amazingly, I've had a pretty boring run of it lately. Some family came into town a week ago and that has really put a damper on anything that I had planned on getting done over the past week. Still lots of tilling and weeding to do, but I've done so little lately that I'm almost looking forward to it. Almost.