I enjoy sharing my garden updates with you, but what is even more special is hearing from you on how your gardens are doing. Starting this week, I’ll include a link up at the bottom of my Garden Update posts so you can add your links to your garden posts. And don’t worry, if you don’t have a blog- you can still leave a comment!
This week has been exciting in the garden because we have been able to pick our first tomatoes, jalapenos, and zucchini. You’ll notice that I don’t have the tomatoes in my picture- and that is because my hubby ate them before I had time to get the picture, but we did have a good handful!
I was shocked at how HUGE the zucchini were- and there are quite a few more on the plant, so I will be finding more zucchini recipes for sure. Our first jalapeno plant is just starting to produce, so I’m hoping it will yield many this year so we can make poppers.
This first picture of the garden shows you how big the zucchini plant is continuing to get. You may notice, we had to put a chicken wire fence between it and the onions so that the onions would survive. Again, I guess I didn’t spread out the plants as well as I should have, but in my defense, this was my first time growing zucchini.
I have to say, I really like growing zucchini more than cucumbers. The plant is “cleaner” in that although they both grow HUGE, the zucchini produces fruit at its base, so they are easier to find, and pick.
My tomatoes are doing well so far, too. The picture on the left is cherry tomatoes, which are growing in bunches and should produce dozens of tomatoes. The hardest part is just waiting for them to ripen.
The picture on the right is our biggest tomato so far- until this week it was the only one growing, but I just counted this morning and there are at least 10 more, so hopefully our big tomatoes will also make it.
And this last picture is on our watermelon. I’m particular proud of these plants since they were planted from seed- and I thought I lost them in a wind storm, but after some quick re-planting with more dirt, they are not only thriving, but starting to grow baby watermelons!
The most fascinating thing to me about the garden is how much it changes and grows each day. There really is something new every day- which just makes it exciting to go out and see what is in store for that day.
Now, it’s your turn, what surprises are you finding in your garden? What is growing and starting to produce? If you have a blog, link up your blog post with Mr.Linky. If not, leave a comment- I’d love to hear how your garden is growing!
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