The zucchini are doing well. I ended up keeping three of the six that sprouted (didn't want them to crowd). They seem a bit skinny as plants and haven't really filled out, though to date they've put out three very nice zucchini that have made their ways into a cake and a frittata. So I shouldn't complain much.
The kid's garden is quite alive, with both plants and japanese beetles. The death toll is horrific but they seem friskier than ever. The tripods I built for Brenna's pole beans and Delanie's morning glories (or was it holly hock?) were woefully lame. Next year we'll just have these plants grow up the side of the house instead. That should provide more shade to us and give these guys somewhere to expend all that youthful energy.
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My pride and joy: onions. I can't wait to chew on these. They're so pretty! Definitely need to grow more of these folks next year. I have a couple of friends/family that have offered up portions of their yards if I want to put a raised bed in and onions are one of those crops that I'm thinking of out sourcing. They grow so easily and have always seemed to do so well. We use a lot of them as well and they store fantastically.
Tomatoes next to the stairs, like many of our tomato plants are doing very well. I picked up the seedlings from a farmer at the Orono Farmer's Market and have been very impressed with the results. Speaking of seedlings the peppers are doing wonderfully as well. Never before have I grown so many types of peppers and I'm not sure I will again, but I happened to come across some great variety six-packs at a local organic greenhouse (on Forest Ave, off Stillwater):
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The potatoes have settled into their new home along the fence. While I do not yet know how much is growing within the buckets I'm still very pleased about the current results. The portability and the space saving effects of this means of growing potatoes weighs heavily in favor of doing this again.
I've grown bush beans a few times and sorely underestimated the height requirements of pole beans, as already noted above. This next pic is from the back of the house which only receives a few hours of direct sunlight each day, but ends up with many hours of reflected light from a neighbors garage. The beans have done admirably back here. As noted above, next year this part of the house will hopefully be a wall of green beans and morning glories. I'm super excited for it :)
I've suddenly reached photo uploading burnout. I'll post more soon.
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