Garden Update on the 4th of July



So, it is about the halfway point in the summer already (not technically), but still time for an update.



I am glad everything is mostly in pots, since we are getting ready to move possibly pretty soon. Anyway, the pea plants have seen to hit their second wind even though they look pretty raggedy on the bottom and almost dead. Not to mention that they are leaning on each other almost horizontal, but I have probably 10 new flowers with more coming so that means pea pods. So, far I don't have enough peas to really make anything, so I am keeping them in the freezer till I can have enough for a cold summer soup. I hope that when I put them in the freezer they keep their sweetness! ~

I have two lettuce plants in a pot and the leaves don't seem to be getting that big. Not much of a success on that one. . . and when the leaves aren't big enough they taste pretty bitter. Anyone have any advice on how to grow good lettuce in pots for next year??

The tomato plants having good success with the cherry ones. I have mastered the art of pruning I think because I am getting some nice size ones. The other ones just got some new good soil that should provide some nutrition, so hopefully they will start growing like rockets. I hope that they start getting some flowers on them soon. The rest of the flowers in pots are doing pretty well. . . my marigolds under the oak tree are nothing spectacular. The soil isn't the best, but I hope maybe they start to spread some including the tomato plant that got mixed up in the mix under the tree. I am praying and hoping for some good tomatoes!