I don't typically expect to start picking our gourds until late September and sometimes closer to mid October, depending on the season. This has been such a hot dry summer, however that some of the smaller fruiting gourds are almost ready to pick. Check out these adorable spinning top gourds, a super easy variety to grow that produces many 2 to 3 inch teardrop-shaped gourds that can be spun like the popular children's toy.
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| Isis Garden Candy tomatoes - Yum! |
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| Potatoes for supper.. Am loving these fingerlings so much! |
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| The first Ardwyna tomato from Annapolis Seeds - Here is how they describe it: "The beautiful, curvaceous red fruit are heart-shaped and huge, with some specimens measuring 7 inches across and weighing in at over one pound. Excellent for slicing and eating fresh or for canning/saucing. 4’ vines." |
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| Mexico Midget! Hello you adorable pea-sized tomatoes you! |
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| The snake gourd, an edible type is really starting to put on fruit. Our record is 51-inches long. |
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| My peanuts (squashed by a 'volunteer' swiss chard seedling) are beginning to flower! |
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| In a cold frame, carrot seeds have sprouted - planted just a week ago! As you can see, some 'volunteer' mustard seeds have also sprouted (how do they grow so fast!?). I'll move those to another cold frame and into the main garden. |
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| Mohawk peppers from the plants that I bought at Canadian Tire (couldn't resist!) The tag said sweet and so do all the seed catalogues on the internet, but these ain't no sweet peppers! They pack some heat.. so, what are they? |
Are you a grasshopper or an ant? I'm trying to be an ant, starting more seeds for the fall and winter garden. These big guys are ready to go into the empty spaces in the garden and the little guys will also join them in a few weeks..
