A Look at My Garden Progress and First Pea Harvest

I just wanted to get you up to speed with what has been going on in the garden for this season.   I actually picked the first harvest of strawberries last week and had another harvest a couple of days ago.  It looks like only two harvests will come from these plants, but I will be adding many more plants this year for more berries next season.

Today was a good day because I had a second harvest from my pea plants.  This was just the first harvest from my pea plants and it was a small, but successful one.  Although there were not many that were ready for harvesting there still was enough to get a small yield.  I would say that this will last just one meal.  There are plenty of more peas on the plants which I plan on picking in the coming days.



Blueberries are looking good and I can’t wait to start picking them which happens at the end of this month.  July is when I get the bulk of these berries, but getting a little early would definitely be small taste of what is to come hopefully.



If I were to take a guess I would say that the next harvest will come from my lettuce plants.  Many of them are ready for picking and cutting, but I have held off for the moment.  My king crimson red lettuce is the best out of all of them for the moment.  I do have green lettuce that looks good as well and even a broccoli plant that is producing a head.  I would say real soon I will be cutting many of the leaves from my lettuce plants.



I also just wanted to mention my tomatoes have flowers on them and should be seeing tomatoes coming from them real soon.  I have staked them and all I need to do is tie my plants to the stakes to prevent them from falling over.  I will have to do this sometime this week at the latest or at least before tomatoes start to come through.

Summer is Just Around the Corner and Time to Focus on Different Plants

Now that summer is just about here in two days the weather is not as warm or sunny as it should be.  Normally the month of June is quite warm and dry, but this year it has been quite cooler and more damp than usual.  The good news about this is that my Spring plants are continuing to grow and produce.

At the moment it looks like my peas and radishes are done for the season.  My lettuce on the other hand is still growing and with a little bit of luck I could probably pick them one more time.  I did pick some this morning along with the rest of the peas and I got a good harvest from both of them.

I will be focusing more on my summer plants with the possibility of warmer weather arriving.  This includes all my squash plants, tomatoes, corn, melons, cucumbers, pole beans, and carrots.  I have weeded everything so far and finished with the carrots today.  With this rain I will probably have to weed them again before July fourth.

This was the last harvest of peas and I was able to pick close to 250 pea pods.  This is the most I have picked from one harvest this season and I hope to enjoy every single one of them.  I got a large bowl of lettuce today as well and look forward to possibly getting some more in the next week or so.