My little fire-escape Garden continues to produce peas like crazy. From 1 planter-box and a single pot, I'm getting large handfuls of peas every 2 days. Still, peas are cool season crops which can't endure excessive heat for long. Already, some of the smaller pea shoots are beginning to dry up and turn yellow. I expect my pea plants to complete their life cycle by the end of July. After the peas die, I intend to plant some pole beans in succession at the same location.
All of my lettuce plants have bolted. I always find bolting to be such an fascinating part of the Lettuce reproductive cycle. The plant undergoes a profound metamorphosis. What was once a ground hugging leafy plant shoots up 2 feet into the air within a matter of a few days. The lettuce leaves become bitter as tiny yellow flowers crown the tips of each plant. Upon closer examination, I realized that our friend, the lady bug, has decided to make the lettuce pot her temporary home. The Lady bug was voraciously devouring the aphids on these leafy plants.
The single tomato plant is now 4 times it's original size. It has 5 Green tomatoes growing on it. Tomato plants consumes enormous amounts of water. I'm watering it just about once every day. That one plant alone takes upwards of half a gallon of tap water per day. There are many little yellow flowers blooming all over the tomato plant, harbingers of a great harvest in a couple of months!!!
The tomato flowers along with the onion, lettuce, and pea flowers are attracting honey bees and even a couple of bumble bees to my little garden in the sky. Along with the bees and ladybugs, I've seen 5 different species of birds resting themselves in the shade of the garden: Sparrows, Robins, Pidgeons, Finches, and a single Bluejay!
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