Been a little while......

Since last post, so I'll catch you all up. Lets see, my cuccumbers made great! I was really impressed with the amount that I picked. The only negative was they were a little small, only got about 8" at the longest. It could have been the variety, but i'm not sure what they were. I had tomatoes that were loaded down. I had 2 plants that were about 6' tall. I ws getting ready for some nice crops when, I got busy a couple days and was unable to check on them. Well, when I got back everything was wiped out :( I had been attacked by hornworms. I only found one, but everything had been eaten on, all the tomatoes, bell peppers, banana peppers. The only thing untouched was the hot peppers. So I was a little discouraged, but I got some lettuce coming up so now looking forward again. :))

Too many cuccumbers........

LOL, I have started giving them away. I know Icould pickle them and such, but I don't really have the time. I do slice up a couple each week and put in a jar of cold pickles, as I eat them down I just keep adding more. But mainly use about half a dozen each week for salads and such. I have gotten a couple cherry tomatoes the birds have gotten a few:>( I do have a couple big green tomatoes. Tempting to go ahead and pick them to fry up, but think I'll wait til the end of the season..........

Everything doing great........

I'm getting about 3 cuccumbers every 2 days now. Didn't have to buy cuc's at the grocery this week :)) Just planted some butterhead lettuce seeds this week. I think i'll plant some more at 2 week intervals. I also have some romaine to plant still.......

First Cuccumber

Got my first cuccumber today! It was hiding under a leaf real low. I didn't even know it was there, so it was a great suprise find this morning. About ready to plant some more things, might still be a little early for lettuce, since the heat index was around 124*F yesterday.

New Pics.....

wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been busy lately and havn't time to write. The garden is outgrowing it's bounderies,lol. I have since put up a 4' tall trellis for the cuccumbers and the vines are starting to reach the top. I looked under the leaves to find prob a hundred blooms. At that rate I'm going to have more cuccumbers than I know what to do with,lol. Two tomatoes are past the top of their cages, two are close, and two are still small about 18". I planted the biggest 4 at the same time, however they were very differant in sizes when I planted. I have picked one banana pepper and one hot pepper. I have a couple tiny tomatoes, several tiny bell peppers and a few hot peppers. The hot peppers are pretty big but I'm waitin to see if they will turn red........

Two new tomatoe plants........

I got 2 early girl's planted yesterday. It says maturity in 50 days :) I have all the tomatoe plants caged now, and I need to get a trellis for the cuccumbers. Other than that, I'm just waitin a little longer before I start the lettuce and greens.