Summer solstice was last week, the greenhouse garden has been filling in with new growth, many herbs have been harvested. The peas have been climbing and the tomato plant is blooming, fruits of the labor will start to appear soon.
Greenhouse Veggies
Summer now the days get shorter each day until winter solstice. The greenhouse veggies continue to flourish.
The caged tomato plants have blooms now, tomatoes will start to appear soon enough.
The strawberry plants are a little later to bloom in this northern climate, there should be blooms by early July.
In this cloth bag planter are pole bean plants getting ready to climb, and little beet seedlings.
The pea plants are standing tall, climbing and grasping onto the string trellis as they go. No blooms yet, but I'm sure they will appear very soon.
The sunflower plants are standing tall too, in their plastic repurposed olive containers. Years from now I'll raise chickens, I'll grow many sunflowers for them to pick at the seeds.
These corn stalks are doing well, great big healthy leaves on them. Not as tall as in corn fields, but maybe they'll bolt taller when they start to produce cobs.
The potato plants have had the most explosive growth all season, but I would expect that considering the size of the seed/potato it was started from. French fries are my favorite way to consume potatoes lol.
The white onion stalks are large, healthy, and dark green. I'm curious to see how many onion bulbs will grow in this cloth bag container this season.
Some carrot plants are filling in one side of this cloth bag. I'm not sure what those other seedlings are, maybe peppers, but that would be too late of a start to produce peppers.
The beets in this cloth bag are past the seedling stage, looking healthy, next to them are carrot seedlings for a late harvest.
These mystery seeds are starting to look like spinach as someone suggested, kale is a possibility too.
Garden Boxes
The garden boxes will have more soil and plants next year, they're in the build up phase this summer. I'll add a hoop row cover to extend the seasons as well, I've been enjoying the season extending greenhouse.
The gourd plants are getting larger and branching out. I'm not so sure that these are the climbing ones, but I do have a string trellis just in case they do.
The white onions in the garden box seem to be doing as well as the greenhouse ones, although they were both planted a little later.
Greenhouse Herbs
The oregano is only growing on one side of the container, but has filled in with the large leaves and healthy stalks. Tomato sauce is my main use for oregano.
I haven't had a chance to split this one yet, the Rosemary seedlings are looking healthy and keep increasing nodules and size. I'll split this one into two containers.
I cut and collect all the chamomile flower heads, a few days later they fill back in. These chamomile plants keep giving.
Harvested some sage, thyme, dill, and sweet marjoram for drying. Below you can see a simple hanging netted passive herb dryer, some chamomile is in there too.
After drying, they'll be jarred for later tea and recipe uses.
