Our home garden and community garden plots are doing pretty good so far. We are having strange weather in Northern California this year so I have a feeling it will be hit and miss with some crops. We have had some heat, then some rain, then heat, then rain and today it is overcast and cold. Go figure!!!
Community Garden
Our two plots at the community garden are doing fantastic. One reason is because of the full sunlight exposure, great soil and the fact I am only there a few days per week to water. The tomatoes all have blooms and some tomatoes are forming. We also have two cucumber plants that are blooming in one plot and we started some pepper seeds in another. This year is the first time we are growing some unusual tomatoes, Indigo Blue Berry and Cherokee Purple. The Cherokee Purple has been around for awhile, but it is the first time we are growing one. The Mortgage Lifter and SunSugar tomatoes are half way up their large cages. Thank goodness we secured these cages since these plants are going to be monsters.
Elk Grove Community Garden Plots
Blue Berry Tomatoes
Home Garden
The home garden is doing good as well. The stock tanks are full of veggies (planted too many) and the blueberries, tomatoes, cucumbers and pepper starts are all doing great. We had one problem with the garlic this year. I found rust spores on the leaves and had to cut the leaves off. I think the garlic will be fine, but will not be able to plant garlic in our raised planter for a few years. We will just grow next years crop at the community garden. My pomegranate plant is insane! This is its third year it has been in the ground and we espaliered it on a trellis we built. It is a huge! Last year I was able to get about 40 pomegranates from it. This year there are hundreds of flowers and fruit forming. This is one situation where we placed the right plant in the right place. It likes the heat and terrible soil so it is thriving. We are thinking of getting one more for another hot, dry area of the yard. These plants are extremely drought tolerant, beautiful to look at, and the pomegranate is my favorite fruit. We also have an area that receives about six hours of morning sun, but the soil is soaking wet (from our neighbor's over-watering). So we are placing three large planters in this area and will add three more Southern Highbush blueberries (my husband's favorite fruit). Hopefully at that point I can say no more plants, but you never know.
Pomegranate Plant (Eversweet Variety)
Pomegranate Flower
Copper Tank (yellow carrots, sugar snap peas, Mexican sour gherkins)
Teal Tank (edamame, black carrots)
My little bit of heaven
Happy Gardening everyone...:)
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