We never got around to building a trellis for our lemon cucumber. We have been so busy with parties, family and friend visits that we kept on putting the task off. Of course we had a wicked heatspell (over 100…

I asked my husband to put down some cardboard as sort of a mulch so my melons would not have to ripen on the hard, dirty, clay soil and look what we found. They seemed to have come out of…

I just wanted to post some pics of my Ace Bell Pepper. This plant is supposed to be a good producer and not have a problem with blossom set. It is also supposed to be smaller (between 18-24 inches tall)….

The last couple of days I found these 2 caterpillars in my garden. I was looking over my sungold in my cinderblock garden when i saw a leaf with a bunch of holes in it. All the other leaves looked…

My Sun Sugar was the first to ripen. I am so excited to try it as it is supposed to be very sweet and yummy. My cherries are going nuts and I have 6 planted. Next year i think i…

A brief 2 month Update. I am due any day now so it is very difficult to take pics. Here is the cinderblock garden. The sun has shifted so it is getting less sun a day than it was a…

Went out this morning and this little (actually not so little) bee was pollinating my tomato, squashes, cucmbers, and melons. I also saw some honeybees but they were too deep in the squash blossom to get a good pic. Go…

This is my cute Oaxacan Jewel. It is such a stubby little plant. I think it is wider than it is tall and stands at about 2 feet. For such a little plant it does put out some cute little…

Marvel Stripe(d): This heirloom variety has become one of gardeners’ favorite bicolored tomatoes because of its beauty, size, and taste. Large yellow-orange fruits are streaked with ruby red and have a sweet, fruity taste that is absolutely delicious. Tomatoes weigh…

Just thought I would share a pic of a baby lemon cucmber. I am not sure if this has been pollinated but did see a honeybee buzzing around.

Well, I had my first tomato casualty today. I was sort of expecting it as things have been going TOO smoothly in my garden. My beginner’s luck could only hold out for so long, right? I found one of my…

Well I know I said i was going to prune all the mangos off the tree but I could not help but leave some on. This is the Lancetilla Mango and I have pruned about 95% of the mangos off…

Here is a small update…i will post a more detailed one next week. This is my stupice…yesterday part of it wilted and I suspected fusarium or verticillium wilt. I watered it thoroughly and today it has recovered…I hope it was…

This is what I have been snacking on…My mom brought them back from orange county and they are fantastic! Even my husband who is not a fruit fanatic like I am cannot get enough of the mangosteen and wants to…

Does anyone have any idea what it is? We eat alot of fruit so maybe papaya? it looks like a type of squash or melon but we haven’t had much of that yet.

It has only been 2 weeks since I last fertilized with EB Stone but I read to fertilize once you get fruitset on your tomato plants so I watered with some Neptune’s Harvest Fish Emulsion. I probably will not fertilize…

This is my lancetilla mango tree and it has HUGE inflorescence and now some itty bitty mangos. These will most likely fall off on their own but if they don’t I will have to thin them out myself as the…

Here is a pic of my cocozelle zucchini. This is a great beginner squash plant. It does not get too big and is a good producer. These cocozelle zucchini are between 7-8 inches long. I’ll let you know what we…

Here is the vegetable garden update for June 7, 2009. It has been about 1.5 months since I put the planted out. Here is the cinder block garden. We had over a week of colder, overcast weather so the plants…

I just wanted to update on which plants have fruitset: Marvel Striped: has about 2 large babies. They are about the size of a pea right now. There could be more but this plant is my biggest one and is…

I found the recipe for what I am going to make next with my squash blossoms. How good does this look? I found the recipe on the foodnetwork site. I love Bobby Flay and his recipes. I have a pulled…

Well I harvested my first “veggies” from the garden. I wish i took pics but i was so excited to eat them that I didn’t 🙁 I picked some squash blossoms (male) and stuffed them with a cheese and sundried…