It has been two weeks since I have posted my last garden update and a lot has been happening since then.
I have finally removed the carrots and the cauliflower plants. I seeded them way to late in the season. The plants did grew a lot, but there was no sign of a cauliflower and the carrots were really small. I did eat the small orange one in the picture below.
It was a good lesson not so plant seed that late in the season.
I couldn't wait much longer since I needed the space for the plants I have been seeding inside.
The zucchini, cucumber and tomatoes. I had already been hardening them off for a couple of days outside and they started to grow to big to stay inside. Especially the zucchinis got really big.
So I removed the carrots and the cauliflowers and enriched the soil with some fertilizer.
I carefully removed the plants from their plastic containers. As you can see they have formed nice roots.
In the front, next to the radish are three tomato plants. I gave the zucchinis some extra space since I read that they need some space to 'crawl'. In the back against the fence are three cucumbers.
A few days later I even spotted the first flower on the zucchini. I read there are male and female flowers. The stem of a male flower is thin and the female flowers have a bulb in their stem which is the beginning of the zucchini. The female flower does need to get pollinated by the male pollen. The bees can do that, but you can also help them yourself.
I do have to wait for some more flowers though, but I think that won't take long.
I've planted the cucumbers against a stick. I might attach a raster to the fence so it can climb up along the raster.
The string beans I have seeded two weeks ago have also hatched. These have a nice and sunny place, so I hope they will do well!
Here is an old shot of the sweet peppers. I already removed the strongest plants from the bin and moved them to their own smaller containers. I'll wait for a few more weeks to plant them outside. That gives me the time to harvest some more radishes to free of the necessary space.
Fruits and nuts
And now is the time for the plum, apple and almond tree.
Last year we didn't had many plums, but I have seen tens of little fruits already. I remember we had like 30 plums two years ago. They were so delicious and sweet. I hope this will be a good year too.
The excitement of the plum trees the years before was the reason to plant more fruit bearing trees and plants. That is why we planted an apple tree last year.
I'm really no expert, but I see quite a lot of these 'fruits' on the tree. They look a bit like rosebuds, but also have a look a bit like a tiny apple. Would these grow out to be the apples? That would be really cool because there are so many of them...
And then there is the almond. I first was a bit disappointed about the bacteria that caused the curly leaves, but when I started removing some of these leaves I suddenly spotted some almonds. Almonds are one of my favourite nuts. It really is a lot of work before you can eat them, but it's just a lovely tree to see.
The blueberry is looking healthy too. There are a lot of bell-shaped flowers on the bush. I have been throwing coffee grounds around the plant to keep the soil a bit acidic which blueberries seem to like.
As you can see it's looking quite good overall. There has been a lot of rain and the last two weeks we had a lot of sun. The perfect conditions for the plants to grow and that shows. They all really grow very fast. I hope we will have a lot we can harvest this year. But this looks promising.
It's so cool how much you can grow in such a small space.
Stay tuned for some more garden updates soon!
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