The cherry tomatoes have arrived!

It has been about a month since the last garden update. Sadly, we still haven't had any rain (at least not enough to count in the rain gauge). It's been what, 2 1/2 months now and it's supposed to be the rainy season! We have mulched the garden heavily now, but it has also been unseasonable hot, 90s most days, so we are still having to water 2-3 times/week. Our garden has had some exciting developments:

This week we started getting ripe cherry tomatoes, 3 so far but at least 10 more in the process of ripening.

Our tomato plants are various degrees of happy. Some of the thinner transplants were killed by something that cut them at the base, so we added a few more transplants late and they are obviously smaller than the older tomatoes. I also accidentally decapitated a roma plant so it is now in the process of growing a new main stem...I also think the east row of tomatoes is getting more sun and are taller than the west row.

The jalepeno has flowered, several times actually but so far none of the blooms have survived to fruit. They keep falling off, but I think they are getting pollinated.

Because of the super hot weather, the lettuce was finished, so we replaced it with sweet potato slips about 2 weeks ago. They have already put on several leaves, and apparently the greens can also be yummy to eat. They are supposed to take 110 days (Vardaman bush variety), so we will see how they turn out in mid-August! If you look closely, behind the slips there is a row of leeks and garlic, and then the strawberries and snow peas. The strawberry plants have grown more, but not fruited much. We also planted some Clemson spineless okra, which is growing well so far (not shown).

If you look really closely you can see the start of our first cucumber! It is an Armenian cucumber.

 

 Our potted cucumber and some of our squash have also really taken off! No fruit yet, but I see some female flowers getting ready to bloom!

We repotted our herbs into a single large pot (except for the oregano, it would take over). Even though they have less space, I think they are happier because the smaller pots dried out quickly. Back-basil, center-rosemary, front-parsley and dill.

An overview of the garden. The HUGE plants in the right bed are potatoes. 

Garden harvest for the last month:

10 cups romaine and mesclum (unfortunately some of it bolted and bitter)

5 cups swiss chard (and a little spinach, also bolted now)

8 small carrots (totalling maybe 6 ounces...)

5 cups sugar snap peas

3 cherry tomatoes

1/4 cup green onions

1/2 cup herbs

3 heads of garlic

5 strawberries? few and far between...

 This month has been more of a transition from spring to summer vegetables, so not very much harvested. Hopefully more to come soon!