August Garden Update

A few weeks ago a strong thunderstorm knocked over all my tomato plants, mostly cherry tomatoes with four Roma type and one Cherokee Purple. They've been doing well. I have way too many cherry tomatoes because I didn't have the heart to compost all the extra plants that I started indoors. I've been cooking them into to sauce to freeze. They take longer to cook down because of all the juices, but they make a tasty sauce. Below is a ripe sweet pepper that I harvested yesterday. This spot has a lot more sun than my old place, so I was super happy to get this fully ripened pepper. I'm rationing it over two days to make it last. Next year I will plant more peppers...and fewer cherry tomatoes.

The fall greens are doing well..endive, assorted lettuces, and Swiss chard. The long dried stems are dill that I harvested and laid down between the rows to keep the rabbits out. Ha! I saw a rabbit nibbling on one, so I added the netting, which has worked well. Cooler weather is in the forecast, so I'm looking forward to getting some "heavy lifting" done this weekend.

Heat and Humidity

Heavy fog during my morning walk in the park shows how humid it is today. I don't do well with this level of heat and humidity, but the hibiscus loves it. (below)  I bought this hibiscus on clearance last summer in July, and it's doing well in spite of me. 

Below is my cardboard contraption to protect my fall crop of greens from this heat. The netting is to keep the rabbits away. I'll have more photos of the completed vegetable garden once I have the last garden bed ready, hopefully in early September.