Monabug Retires: July Garden Update

It is always disappointing when you work so hard on the garden and nothing happens overnight. You hear of people eating from their gardens and you are at a standstill. One day I'll be there too....sigh....

So we went away for a week and came back to this! There may be some hope for me 😍

Front deck

I had lots of cherry tomato plants and lots of pots. So what does one do? They sure do grow tall. If all the Blossoms grow a tomato, we will have lots. They are like candy, so good!

So I read online how to put pool noodles on the tomato cages to help protect the plants. I am trying it this year and it doesn't seem to make any difference yet. It does make make for an interesting conversation!

Here we have spaghetti squash and tomatoes

These planters are awesome. Lavender in the center and it smells so nice.

I think this pot is too small for the tomato plant

Next year must plant twice as many marigolds in the tub. Looks so cool

Pumpkin and tomatoes

More cherry tomatoes and beets

We took down the window from the back of the box and look at the nests!

They were not happy and Brent got stung... 😟

Raspberries are doing well

Harvested garlic and am trying peas, cukes and swisschard here.

Strawberries will be dug up in the fall as the soil is full of weeds

Tomatoes and squash in the tires

This group is not doing so well

Buttercrunch lettuce is so good here

Potatoes in the center surrounded by Brussels sprouts

Sweet potato

Corn and beans in the center

Sweet potato

Spaghetti squash

Red cabbage and leeks

Spaghetti squash

More pots on the back deck with very tall cherry tomatoes. Even the hanging buckets are doing well. Must learn the difference between basil and peppers. I was cooking and needed some basil so I stepped out to pick some and noticed after that I was holding the top of a pepper plant! Lol...they do say that you should top pepper plants to help them grow.