Sunday, July 30, 2006

Baltimore Garden

The little garden in Baltimore is going very well.
The two Eggplants in the Southwest corner are about 28 inches high with tons of big purple flowers.
The honey dew has spread out from East to West in the South central section of the plot. Its many yellow flowering bulbs are starting to bulge out. The cantaloupe has followed suit in the North central section of the plot and is already producing small fruit pods everywhere.
The two steak tomatoes have taken over the Southwest corner of the garden and are doing great. We are harvesting softball size green and orange tomatoes that we ripen in the window sill.
The cucumber which started with great gusto is still dominate in the Northwest corner, but is now in competition with a Red Maple that has sprung up in our weeks of absents. I will have to dig that sapling out this week.
The sweat potatoes are doing well; sending vines up and over the fence along the East center and North center sections of the fence in the little box plot.
We only had one head per cabbage this year. I think that was due to how low I cut them when harvesting the first heads.
The bell pepper in the northwest corner is doing well do, but not as well as the rest of the plants.
Finally, in the center along the east gate just south of the garden entrance is the sweat basil which has since early spring been and continues to be a shockingly exuberant growth. The sent is so fulfilling and the production so great, that we are all very proud of this one plant. Pesto and fresh basil vinaigrette and small bags of cleaned leaves for everyone have been the norm this season.