Melon!

Yesterday I picked our first Athena melon. We had it for breakfast today. Boy, was it good! I had waited until it came off easily. If anything, it was almost overripe. Maybe the next one I'll try to get it a little earlier.

Chickpea Thief

I've been noticing that there are not a lot of pods on my chickpea plants. Now I know why. Something has been stealing them and eating the peas inside. I found the evidence. Several piles of empty pods under the plants. I just hope there will be enough left to harvest. Obviously, I won't plant them again.

Notes for Next Year 2019

Three tomatoes worked fine. One cherry, one Stupice, and one Cherokee Purple, although I'd like to try Old German instead.

One aubergine and two peppers, plus maybe a Mad Hatter pepper as well. One cucumber.

Bush beans - only six plants in a short row.

One melon, against the house. One zucchini, also against the house.

Potatoes

Try spinach and chard again.

August Status Report

The blueberries are finished (much earlier than usual) and the strawberries have started producing again. We've been getting a few raspberries from the new plants. We had a few nice pears from the Ubileen and lots of small ones from the Orcas.

The tomatoes and peppers are still not looking great, except for the Cherokee Purple, which is finally ripening lots of tomatoes. I've picked one aubergine so far, with a few more coming.

The cucumbers are producing nicely, as is the zucchini. I pruned lots of leaves out of the zucchini, and so far there hasn't been any mildew. I also thinned out the melon leaves and cut off the growing tips. They had started to develop some mildew.

I've taken out the first row of bush beans. The second planting are ready to pick. I've sowed more lettuce, as well as kohlrabi, bok choi, and something called golden celery, with seeds from Grow Journey.

The big project now is removing most of the roses, one side of the lilies, and most of the herbs and lavender from the rose bed. I've decided I want more vegetable space and not so many flowers. Next year I'll plant a few new herbs and use the current herb bed for something else.