The peas are dying off now, but we did manage to get a few snacks out of the spoils. Next year I’ll plan snap peas since you can eat the whole thing!
I couldn’t wait any longer to pull the radishes, because the eggplant was looking mighty crowded – they were super tiny, only a couple of gumball-sized ones. Ah well, they were yummy in a salad! The eggplant is much happier now too.
The only tomato plants that haven’t set fruit yet are the Reisenstraube – there are some pretty awesome clusters of flowers on them though! All the other tomatoes have fruit, but none have ripened yet. I’m feeling impatient.
Unfortunately, the zucchini and squash are a little sad looking – lots of powdery mildew, and fruit that shrivels after only a few inches. Since there are fruit, there should be enough pollination. I think it might just be that it was too early and they decided to peace out? I pruned the plants back quite a bit this past weekend, cutting off the worst leaves, and it looks like there are some bigger ones on there. It’s hard to grow zucchini in a container.
We didn’t eat that one in the foreground, but the others were just fine in a noodle stir fry.
The long view, today:
You can see the peas dying in the front corner there! I think I’ll rip them out this weekend and put in some beans.
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