The garden is going bonkers with this boon of great weather. The beans I planted on Aug 9th (check that date) are up and vining and a few have bloomed. I'm not sure why they are vining, they are supposed to be bush varieties.
Here they are on Aug 31st, before the rains came
The peppers have enjoyed a second bloom and fruiting period
They are mostly still small, but considering they have never been watered by me, that is acceptable. And the tomatoes... the miserable, scrawny, ugly fall tomatoes... two of the three are dead. Victims of the hot early August weather and the tomato horn worm attack. One is struggling along.
I don't expect to eat any fall tomatoes this year. The mess behind the plant is because we replaced our fence and I have yet to get in and replace the pavers along the fence row. The sweet potatoes are doing pretty well.
I can't tell if there are any actual potatoes on there, but the vine is pretty. The Okra has produced well, for only having 5 plants. My problem is I always get out there the day AFTER they are ready to be picked and I end up with woody yucky okra. Here are some tender too-young-to-pick yet okra.
I can almost guarantee by the time I turn around they will be woody and past their prime. Perhaps next year I'll plant more okra and then I can harvest daily instead of always missing it by a day. The garlic chives are so pretty, they bloomed and look great. The onion chives are gone, I can't even see where the plant was.
While my update says September, the photos were all taken on August 31st.
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