August Update

Ancho/pablanno peppers

Beans to the left

Tabasco Peppers

The garden is winding down.  I still have a lot of peppers growing and I planted some peas a couple of weeks ago.,

Melons!

My watermelon and cantaloupes are doing well.  I have around 10 watermelons growing and three or four cantaloupes.

It's Hot!

It has been very hot here in Bixby, Oklahoma!  It has been over 100 degrees for the last two weeks.  It never gets below 80 at night.  That makes the A/C work really hard and the electric bill go really high.  It is also very hard on the garden.  I have watered every day.  One thing about the SFG is that you really do need to keep it watered.  As you will see from some of the pictures, my tomato plant are looking a little dry.  That being said, I'm getting baskets of tomatoes every day.  My heirloom tomatoes don't grow as well, I get one or two to 20 of the regular tomatoes.  The taste is unbelievable!  I'm going to really work on them next year. Eggplants are still growing like crazy.  Peppers have slowed down.

Cantaloupes

Here are my first cantaloupe.  I grew these in a hose hammock about three feet off the ground.  Can't wait to eat them!  On another note, eggplants grow like crazy.  I have been trying to find ways to cook them.

JULY

Everything is growing great.  No bugs, no fertilizer just water.  I was a little bummed about my heirloom tomato.  It was larger than a softball and as you can see in the picture something went wrong.  Going to research what causes this.

Celebrity Tomaotes

Eggplants grow like crazy!

Fresh from the garden

Sunflowers

Trashed Heirloom Tomato

July Update

watermelon

Garden is doing great.  I've learned so much this season,  already making plans for next years garden.  It's wild seeing my cantaloupe growing three feet in the air.  I have harvested all my corn and  planted some watermelon in its place.

cantaloupe hanging with hose

June Update

Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato

Fresh Sweet Corn  

Cantaloupe growing up my net.  

Celebrity Tomatoes

Cantaloupe

My Sunflowers are huge.

Egg Plant

The garden is doing great.  Haven't had any pest or bug problems as of yet.  One thing I think is a little strange is that my plants haven't gotten really huge but they are producing.  My neighbor has tomato plants three times my size but I have three times more fruit.  Maybe it has to do with the garden only being 6" deep.  As long as they are growing veggies... Below are some current pictures.  We had our first corn feast the other day. You really can taste a difference!  All of my radish and green onions have been harvested.  Still have lettuce growing, hasn't burned up yet.  Eating tons of peppers, waiting on my tomatoes to get ripe.