Beds 2 progress.

Here I have bed number two.  Yellow beans, brussel sprouts, peas and turnips.



As you can see things are growing nicely.  The peas are about done and half the plants have died.



Here is a close up of the yellow beans.  There are many beans to be picked.



Same with the peas.

It has been a while.

So have been too busy with work post an update in a month or two.  So here we go with bed #1, onions, potatoes, sugar beets and carrots.



As you can see things have grown.  The onions are huge and their stalks are over a inch in diameter.  Carrots are coming in nicely and a second batch have been planted in the center front.  The sugar beets are hit and miss.  Some are doing well others are really small.  Also planted a few new seeds to fill in the empty slots.  In the front right is a tomato plant.  That one I intentionally left in the fridge too long and we will see what we will get.  Behind it are two actual seed potatoes just planted a week ago.



Check out how big the onions are getting.  The carrots in the middle are getting big as well.

Zuchinni producing flowers

Not much of an update this time.   The zuchinni is starting to produce flowers which in turn will fruit.  As you can see it has quadrupled in size since I planted it.  Other things of note is the Lemon cucumbers are a no go.  The 2009 seeds apparently are no good.  So they will be discarded.  My seed potatoes are finally starting to chit.

Adjusting the spray heads

The wax beans are now starting to come in and the 180 degree spray head is no longer suitable.  In its place are three 360 degree sprinkler heads.  They have been adjusted to only water in the space allocated for the beans.



It is important to weekly check your system as the small spray and drip heads are easily clogged.  This was the case with the strip sprayer on the peas.  The obstruction could not be cleared so I put in a spare.  Also you can see the twine I strung between the bamboo poles for the peas to climb.

Seedlings - wax beans and okra

Things are really starting to take off.  In this first picture is my second bed.  On the right hand side you can see that the yellow wax beans have really taken off.  The peas are on left side.  I have put 3 foot bamboo posts in and will run twine between them.  This will allow the peas something to climb.  The beans will also get type of support.



Bed three has the two okra seedlings up front.  They look really good and hopefully will produce well.  In the center is that eggplant.  Then 4 different tomatoes on the left and 2 different bell peppers on the right.  Tomorrow a hot red cherry pepper will be planted.  I will be pickling those when they come in.

The eggplant is indestructible

So after pulling the plastic off the garden yesterday the eggplant looked like it was dead.  Well one day later and it is back strong.  There are a couple leaves that look like the cold got to but other than that its healthy.  On another note a couple of carrots have sprouted.

Status update

Today I took the plastic sheet off the planter beds.  It seems that the cold only killed one plant and that was the eggplant.  I will give it a couple of days to see if it comes back.  Some of the seeds I planted have sprouted.  The picklebush cucumbers, okra, and sugar beets have all sprouted.  Still to show up are the yellow wax beans, lemon cucumbers and carrots.