heat wave

 

the plants are doing extremely well during this heat wave! :) see pics below:

the squash are flowering. the ones outside of the garden box are doing infinitely better than the ones in the box.

same goes with the tomatoes. one of the tomatoes is changing color! hope it will be red soon.

 

happy 4th

happy 4th of july! it's crazy hot outside. we ventured out to pick up some groceries before coming home to our nice AC filled home. how could one celebrate the 4th without watermelon?? :)

before heading out though, i checked in on the garden. this is a pic of a tomato plant my husband brought home months ago. it was a little thing before that didn't flower yet but now has grown in size. as of today's count there are FIVE tomatoes on it. i hope to venture out a little later again to put a cage around it to help support the weight of the tomatoes as they grow in size.

mystery plant

the mystery has been solved! the new plant that popped up yesterday is a royal burgundy bean plant. as you can see, it has grown alot since yesterday. this type of bean plant is supposed to do exceptionally well under cool conditions so i can't wait to see how it will do tonight as the temperature has dropped a lot from this afternoon.

monday beans!

07.01.13 new discovery

mondays generally tend to be depressing but today i came home to a lovely surprise! a new plant has popped out of the soil. i can't wait to see how it does this week with the rain :) more pic updates to come in future posts!
 

in other news, the beans are doing quite well both inside and outside the garden bed. it will be a while before i get to see any beans pop up. however, i am most excited about the royal burgundy plant which is supposed to produce purple beans that turn an emerald green when cooked. let's hope this year's overall harvest will be good. :)

07.01.13 green beans

06.30.13 royal burgundy plants