Mid July -- The Garden is Growing Up

We've been getting plenty of rain, maybe too much because the ground us getting soggy, but everything is growing really fast and robustly. It's amazing how well things are growing. 

The young tomato plants are already starting to flower. Some already have tiny little tomatoes. 

We got more pineapples planted, plus lots of other veggies. Leone found a bed where the seeds had not germinated well, so she is redoing the bed. That sometimes happens because some of our seed is donated rather than purchased. Not all the donated seed does as well as we hoped. 

The baby peas are starting to vine.

And the tiny little basil plants actually survived! We weren't too sure they were going to make it. 

The squash plants are doing well. We are trying to grow zucchini. With luck we may get a few before the pickleworm moth finds them. 

One of the zucchini beds is further along than the other, even though they were planted at the same time. We had gotten this bed (above) mulched before they other, so possibly that's the reason for the difference. Or perhaps one bed got more rabbit manure than the other. 

The cucumbers are growing quickly, it seems like we just sowed the seed yesterday, but I guess it must have been longer ago. We've mulch them to keep the weeds down. 

One thing that really grows well here is the taro. It's loving all the rain we are getting. 

The potatoes are all starting to seriously flower. Some have white blooms, some have purple. So it won't be long before we start checking for taters. 

Harvests are becoming better. 

Lots of cucumbers are on the vines along with an abundance of flowers. So pretty. 

The first strawberry has turned red! 

Good natural food.