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| Provider bush beans to the right, nearly 2 weeks after planting. |
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| Edamame flowering, planted back in July. |
Two more eggplants will be ready soon, maybe even around the same time.
It's cooled down enough these days I might consider a baked dish, especially if I get one or two more from my CSA.
Here's how the front looks this morning, which mostly differs from last week in that I've moved some plants around. And also a new zinnia bloomed.
Next year the front needs more flowers, definitely.
In the back I managed a better picture of my thick and thin cucumbers a couple of days ago.
Poking around online led to the usual suspects: uneven watering, lack of nutrition, or too much nitrogen. But another possible culprit is uneven pollination of the flowers, which I'd had no idea about. My money is on water though, since I rarely water out back. It's been a wet enough summer that I can get away with it, and watering means standing still for more than 5 seconds which leads to more complete mosquito bite coverage.
Otherwise the back keeps churning out cherry tomatoes, below pictured with the roommate's cat.
Thank you for your comment on my post about the Bob Dylan concert!
ReplyDeleteThose tomatoes and eggplants look fabulous! Your compost looks great, too. I started composting earlier this summer, both with a barrel composter (for the chicken poop and yard waste) and a worm bin (for kitchen waste). As the other person who commented on your compost post, I'm partial to my worm bin because it does just fine with a bit of neglect. I do hear your concerns about the winter, though. Maybe you could wrap the bin in straw or insulation? That's what my Mom does with her mediterranean potted plant in Germany in the winter.
Caroline
I've been looking into worm bin ideas, as I'm desperately in need of fertilizer/compost that doesn't involve a lot of money or travel, but in the end it has to be fairly cheap (student budget here) and all materials have to fit through my kitchen window to make it out back. The window is the bigger issue, along with the rickety ladder I use to get up and down, it cuts down on options that are big enough to overwinter.
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