I was so pleasantly surprised to go out to pick a couple tomatoes for supper and came back in with an armload from the 4th of July tomato. These are cluster type tomatoes, so when I poked into the plant I found two fully ripe clusters of tomatoes. The rest of my plants are still all green so this was a terrific find. I had enough to share with co-workers so we could all enjoy the first tomatoes of the year. The Sungold cherry tomatoes are also putting out a few fruits.
I ran across some soluable 15-30-15 fertilizer which I mixed in my 50 gallon water barrel. I hand watered all the flower and vegetable gardens with sprinkling cans to spread the fertilizer out. I am not a very disciplined fertilizer user, so this was one more time fertilizing than I normally do. I tend to use granular fertilizer if I do anything beyond compost application before planting.
Zucchini are coming in now. I have the 8 ball variety and missed picking a couple so they were more the size of melons when I got to them. Still nothing growing on the real melon plant. Not even a blossom. Fertilizer was put on this as well.
I only have one type of cucumbers left. My lower garden which has not been good for cucumbers is still not good for cucumbers. The window box also petered out. My vines that I trellis against the wall behind my tomato plants are still the best crop I have ever produced in my yard.
Time to start pulling out and drying my onions. The tops are all over and drying out. I prefer to sun cure the bulbs during the day and put them in at night to keep them from getting dew on them. They really store best if you cure them right.
I pulled my garlic out and have that hanging to dry. The bulbs look nice and full. I was afraid they weren't going to be very good when the tops were looking a little weak, but they pulled through well. They will probably be good for planting a couple bulbs in fall.
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