It was a great week in the garden. A few hot days, a few cool/overcast days and we even had a bit of rain. What more can a girl ask for?
Despite the fact my garden was thrown together at the last minute I am very pleased at what I’ve been able to grow this year. Our tomatoes are just starting to turn red, we are in the middle of cucumber season and we’ve been enjoying green beans every few days with our supper. 
I planted green beans in three areas this year and so far I think the pole beans like climbing up the makeshift tree trellis the best. The people who lived here before {or the people before them} hammered iron hanging basket hangers into two trees on the property.
At the beginning of the season I was going to remove them {because I thought they were weird}. But the more I kept looking at them trying to figure out how to remove them, I realized that I could use them to my advantage.
Burgess Buttercup Squash, they make the BEST pumpkin pies!!! I hope my little squash makes it. The size is right for about this time of year so I think it will be okay.
Poppies! I planted 6 packets of poppy seeds a few weeks ago and the little seedlings are popping through the soil. I am trying to build a perennial flower garden in this area as inexpensively as possible and I adore poppies. So fingers crossed my $10 investment pays off. If all goes well I should be able to divide the plants next fall and move a few of them to the {what I’m hoping will be} additional perennial garden out front. 
The side garden. Cabbage, Swiss chard, strawberries and beets.
I think I’m going to harvest the four remaining heads of cabbage this week. Yes they are small, but I fear that if I don’t pluck them now, the slugs will get them. 
I have more cabbage growing under grow lights {red acre and chinese cabbage} so I’m not too worried. I’ll plant those seedlings out towards the end of the month in anticipation of a late fall/early winter harvest. 
Guess what I picked yesterday? Our first tomatoes of 2015!!! Wahooo! Happy days are here at last. Sun Gold and Stupice are almost always the early birds in our garden.
And check these babies out. It won’t be too much longer before I’m canning salsa.
What’s new in YOUR garden this week? Are you harvesting tomatoes yet?
~Mavis
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