While my blog entries have not been bountiful as of late, the garden has.
As you can see by that photograph, I think I'm going to have to learn how to preserve tomatoes. Our little "sweet million" plants are producing very well. There is a pile of little tomatoes ready to be picked each day now.
It seems the wet weather we've had this summer has been good for the garden in my case.
Let me take you back:
Three days into a vacation in southern ontario it hit me: we didn't ask anyone to water our garden. We weren't going to be home for another 10 days or so.
The weather in Niagara was sunny and warm. We were worried about our plants. Luckily the weather in Petawawa was wet and rainy.
We came back to a garden explosion! The sugar pea plants were falling over from the weight of pea pods begging to be picked. Our tomato plants were bigger than ever and the cucumber plant was taking over.
Unfortunately it was not the case everywhere.
My landlord in Ottawa said the only thing growing well in their garden was the kale. There might be a shortage of tomato sauce for one italian family this winter.
Things continue to grow well in our backyard. We have had many pumpkins start and later rot, but one is still growing and is currently the size of my head. The carrot tops are growing strong and we've pulled a few baby carrots for tasting.
It really is exciting to eat a salad made entirely with vegetables from your garden.
Green pepper never tasted so good!
Our white tomato plant and our zucchini plants are the only ones not doing as well as the rest. We have three white tomatoes growing but none of them look particularly healthy. We've had a few false starts with the zucchini plant and I accidentally picked a tiny zucchini while trying to hand-pollinate the flower.
Now it's a matter of maintaining things.
Anyone want some tomatoes?
