Things are cooling off but many of my producers are still going strong. Zucchini is slower. Cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are still crushing it. New baby plants for the fall are popping up (carrots, radish, beets, spinach).
Still lots of tomatoes, first harvest of the teeny currant tomatoes. Still not a lot of beans despite having 6 pole bean plants going.
I went out of town for two weeks, which is a long time in the life of a garden in the middle of summer! I returned to a few surprises.
I left my yard garden un-tended as many plants were going to seed or seemed to be struggling. I left the few plants I believed in within range of my automatic sprinklers (controlled by the building), and said a prayer. I returned to find some things ready (ish) to harvest despite my absence!
In general the yard is really greening up. I’m letting it go wild a bit this year to discover what it naturally wants to do before I make any modifications.
A small village of people looked after my plots’ watering needs while I was gone, and I was pleasantly surprised to find all of my flowers doing better than when I left, squash development, healthy Swiss chard, and some baby peppers!
