The garden really popped off this month, and is now quieting down as we head into August.
The beans reached their peak and now are complete. We picked almost daily, and ate beans with dinner pretty much every three days, haha.
The broccoli is also now done for the year. We got some monster heads, and some little heads. My favorite way to eat the broccoli this year was just raw with some ranch.
When we first started our garden lightyears ago, our carrots did amazing. Then we had a few years where our carrots didn't grow that great. This year we did pretty great, and the bed is now been fully pulled. My only complaint was that we only did 1/2 a bed, and not a full bed! Note to self: go ahead and do a full bed next year.
The onions are still progressing, I won't pull those until sometime in August. The tomatoes continue to grow, and July saw them finally start to produce with regularity. I don't like them, but I pick every few days for Sam.
Late to the game, but holding it's own, is one singular watermelon plant. This was a just for fun because we had empty space to fill. We will see how this goes!
I started getting some raspberries the middle of June, but they really went crazy come July. I would go out there and pick almost daily. I implemented the "One for the bowl, one for me!" system of picking, which is my favorite system by the way, and that seemed to work out well.
The sunflowers, which were just babies a short while ago, have a few that have opened up! I have never grown sunflowers before, and the process of them opening over the course of a few days was SO fun to watch. The bees are CRAZY. Literally a hundred. Watching the bees on the sunflowers is my favorite thing to do in the garden.
Yes, the beginning to mid July saw the garden at it's peak. I made sure to get some glamour shots of the whole garden with every bed filled. With the broccoli, green beans, and carrots finished, there are some empty beds now, but that's just how it goes.
Onwards to August.
With love,
Mama Hauck
