We had a lot of rain last week which made my garden so happy! Most plants are growing great and starting to produce. The one thing that is growing poorly this year is my zucchini plants. In previous years, no matter what I have had bountiful zucchini. I am not sure what happened this year but I am hoping to get those plants producing soon!
One new item I planted this year was banana peppers. They are a very mild pepper and grow at a pretty fast rate. We have already picked one and two more are ready to go!
We have a ton of green tomatoes on the vine. I planted several varieties: Roma, Early Girl, Big Boy, Sweet 100 and Celebrity. Some I started from seed and other I bought as plants. They are all producing very well. It looks like many will be ripe at the same time which means I will have to be quick about making salsa and spaghetti sauce!
I have spent so much time babying particular plants int eh garden this year. I have attempted to grow eggplant plants several times with little success. Last year I visited a local CSA and they had beautiful eggplants in containers. I did a lot of research this year and decided to go with containers. My eggplant plants spent the majority of the Spring in my dining room window. It turns out eggplant plants are very sensitive to temperature changes. They are also very bug prone. You can see in the picture above that the leaves are starting to get eaten up. I did apply Seven Dust right after I took the picture. Overall the eggplant plants look the best I have ever produced. There are a ton of flowers on the stems and I am hoping that means we will have eggplants very soon!
How is your garden growing?
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