Garden Update: Late June

Pea Haven
Filet-style green beans are on the right. Purple hull peas to the left. And weeds further to the left. The green beans are already producing beans. The purple hull peas have a ways to go. The front border has kale, chard, and a marigold. The side border has basil. The middle planters have oregano and thyme. I planted other herbs, but these are the only ones that have come up.

Front Garden
The snap peas to the right have produced fairly well. I've gotten a handful of pods every few days for the last few weeks. The vines are starting to die. The plant on the left I thought was a strawberry plant, but it may actually be a very large, well-tended weed. Some marigold seeds from last year sprouted as well.

 Annex
I've got a really good sage plant. My Brussels sprouts and eggplants aren't looking very good. I've got a surprise cabbage that was supposed to be broccoli. But it's doing better than the broccoli did, so it's a good surprise. I transplanted some store-bought celery leftovers, which have taken root and are growing pretty well. The asparagus is still putting out occasional shoots, which are still tasty. In the front planters there are a few beets, parsnips, and carrots. But mostly the annex is growing weeds.

The corner of the annex and squash ghetto is where I have six pots of cherry tomatoes. Three are red, two are yellow, and one is sun-dried tomatoes. One of the yellow tomato plants has blossoms. All of the plants are looking really good.

Squash Ghetto
The ghetto is doing OK. I've got corn, sunflowers, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumber, spaghetti squash, butternut, acorn, pumpkins, and watermelons. They look good, but I don't get my hopes up too much when it comes to the ghetto. It tends to disappoint. I think I planted late enough that the squash bugs won't be a problem. Very little is planted around the ghetto. A few beets seem to be doing OK.

If I get tomatoes and green beans, I'll feel the garden has been minimally successful. If I actually get squashes, corn, and purple hull peas, I will feel very successful.