Nice size beefsteak ? From the hydro. Found if I cut back on nutrients as a large amount of fruit start turning colors then the taste is almost as good as soil grown. Takes a couple weeks but gather those 20 -30 then start feeding again so the next batch puts on some size.

Damn! That looks great. What hydro system are you using?

Dwc deep water culture . ,5 gal bucket with air and fertilizer solution

Plants are in except the asparagus. Still not sure what I am going to do with that.

I have 2 melons (at the back by Sheryl Crow) and a blueberry bush in this area. Peppers are in the pots. I sowed a bunch of morning glories this year. Planted them on the back back fence by the big tree. Still sowing more for other fenced areas.



Not pickling this year. Instead, I moved towards tomatoes. There are some herbs, squash, beans, peas, and more peppers in here but 20+ are tomatoes.



Pear tree put these out. Its the only 2 on the tree that I can tell.

Thought about that. I did the raised beds because I am tired of messing with weeds. I was concerend adding cow manure would introduce weed seeds. [/quote]

My raised beds have as many weeds as I had when I was planting straight in the ground. I put landscape cloth over the bed and that damn nut grass grows right thru it.

I hope you really like Morning Glories . I planted mine about 30 years ago . They re-seed very well .

Put some maters in today some were bought tycoons ,mountain pride ,and ? Whopper along with some of what I think are beefsteak that were started from suckers . Feels funny planting stuff that already has almost ripe fruit .

Busy weekend in the garden. Tomatoes, basil, oregano, purple hulls, green beans, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, sunflowers, and zucchini in the ground. Ate the first of my lettuce Saturday and have a few strawberries about ready to pick. It's going to be a good year.

Planted "Mammoth" jalapenos , Thai ornamentals (edible) , Tobasco , and "Gold Dragon" ( shout out to Magged-Out : you really need to try these ) cayenne peppers today along with sweet Basil ( good for 'maters) and Greek Oregano .

Chocolate Mint ( really good with carnitas ) is doing well .

Habs and Reapers are still inside . I have a bad feeling about a late freeze .

If I remember correctly , male asparagus plants make the edible spears . Add plenty of compost to keep them producing . Leave the late season growth ( looks like a large Dill plant) until it dies back in the winter . 2 or 3 plants should produce enough to satisfy the nutritional requirements of 2 people .

You might consider planting a few hundred .

Those have been my favorite jalapenos the past couple/few years.

I'm a try growing the Farmers Market Jalape�o aka potato skin this year

Ghost are growing slow, but they are healthy!

I'm just not brave enought to transplant my bell peppers and tomatoes into the garden just yet! Still concerned about a late frost or freeze despite this early heat. Don't have enough bickets to cover everything up either! Think I'll give it 1 more week.

What kind of garlic do you grow? I don't see too many mentions of it around here.

Made a new bed last year and planted half with CA softneck and the other half with Ajo Rojo. Will be interesting to see how the Ajo Rojo turns out.