Suburban Garden Update!

The summer is in full swing in our suburban garden in PA. I have been trying to post last week's garden picks but haven't gotten the opportunity until now. The apple trees have apparently been hit by the Cedar Apple Rust, I have had to apply some organic fungicides to get it under control. The rest of the garden is doing fairly well. The asparagus plants are thriving now, with 5 of the original 7 plants sending up fresh pine tree like shoots.



The peas are doing very well, now they have grown up to 6 feet tall. All the pea plants are yielding very heavily at this rate. I expect the rate of yield to sustain itself until early august. At any rate, the pole beans that I have sown in succession have begun to establish themselves at the base of the peas.





The Summer squash plants have gone crazy with growth. The entire bed is covered by their broad leaves. Underneath the canopy, there are scores of small baby golden squashes growing.
The peppers alongside the squash are also doing well, they have been flowering. I'm expecting to get squashes within a couple of weeks, and peppers within a month.




The tomatoes have been growing vigorously. I have seen over 100 small green tomatoes growing in the bio-intensive matrix that I've set up. One thing that I have noticed is that this style of gardening is very water intensive, even with heavy mulching.






The potatoes are thriving and will be ready for harvest within 2 weeks at the most. I can't wait!







So in any case, I harvested 6 lbs of peas and 4 lbs of onions and garlic shoots.