The Good and the Not-So-Good
We had a fairly small garden space this year; about 160 sq. feet of garden space but we definitely had a variety. Here is what we planted for our summer crop and their performance in our sunny garden with late afternoon shade.
Summer Squash – Italian Zuchinni
Fast, healthy growth of course. We only had one plant since the other two didn’t survive but we still managed to have enough zuchinni to keep us satisfied.
Summer Squash – Ron de Nice
We planted two of these that we grew from seed. Fast growth also with lots of vegetables. This is the summer squash that we ate most often and I loved it because it coud be stuffed or sliced since they are round and oh-so-cute.
Tomato – Oregon Spring
Of course they did great. Super good tomato with hardly any seeds. Love it!
Tomato -
Bell Pepper -
Bell Pepper -
Cantaloupe – I grew this heirloom variety cantaloupe from seed and I really didn’t get the starts big enough before setting them out so they had a slow start. Some melons did start but we were never able to harvest and enjoy them since they didn’t ripen. I am trying these again next year but putting them in a really hot spot.
Watermelon – I had the same experience with these as I did the cantaloupe. I’ll be trying these again too.
Cucumber – Japanese Climbing
I love having climbing cucumbers because it saves on space to trellis them and they trellis so easy since you don’t have to give the cucumbers any extra support. We enjoyed lots of Cucumber-Tomato Salads from the abundance that we harvested from just two of these plants.
Cucumber – Lemon
Some surprise Dahlias popped up in the garden and I never moved them. Their presence shadowed the one lemon cucumber plant we had. Thankfully my neighbor, whom I gave two other Lemon Cucumber starts, graciously shared her prolific harvest. Yum yum.
Basil -
I planted my basil near the base of the tomato plants. It did well here while being offered a bit of shade during some of the hot days. I’m still harvesting basil now.
Strawberry – unknown variety
I don’t know what happened with these strawberries that I planted in the spring but we didn’t get but a few berries from about 16 plants. I have planted some more strawberries in a different lettuce bed and those are producing better right now. I’ll have to get some information about growing strawberries .
Lettuce – Mesculun mix
Harvest quickly when the leaves are still small and tender and the lettuce won’t bolt.
Lettuce – Rocky Top blend
This lettuce bolted quickly and when it wasn’t bolting I thought that the texture wasn’t very crisp. I’m a mesculun kinda girl.
Share what’s growing in your garden.
