Mid-July Garden Update

The garden tour starts with showing you all the cranberry beans. I don't know what it is, but peas and beans grow really well for me. I don't really do anything special, I just have a knack for them.

Here's another view of the cranberry beans. These are a bush variety and I'm going them out for seed for next year so that I might actually get a crop. If there's enough, I'll let them dry.

These are that rare Arapaho Fish Hill variety. They have climbed the fence and are starting to bloom. I have no idea of how long of a season they need.

Blooming Prairie bush beans. I grew these out last year and these are from the seed that I saved. These will be a beautiful purple color.

Purple Podded Pole beans.

Flood Pole beans on top, Borlotto di Vigevano beans in the middle and I have a sole Contender variety on the very bottom with a nasturtium to keep it company.

Nasturtiums and some heat zapped hanging baskets.

Nasturtium

Jerusalem artichokes

Ladybird Purple Spot nasturtium

My lavender bloomed and it smells wonderful!

My tomato jungle! I have 6 varieties here.

Some odds and ends. There's some Bronze Beauty calendula, ramps, garlic and some iris bulbs in a pot back there.

My peppers were heat zapped.

Black Beauty eggplant bloom

Black Beauty eggplant

My little corn patch is adorable! Yes, it's going to produce, too!

It's getting silks and starting to form little ears of corn. I may double my corn growing next year if it does ok this year.

I planted Pink Surprise calendula around both apple trees. They needed to be friends.

I'm curious as to what these flowers are going to look like. There's some Snow Princess calendula on the top tier, Bright Lights cosmos in the middle and Love in a Mist on the bottom.

My Concord grape vines are rebounding from their severe pruning that we gave them before they were moved over here.

My pot of Purple Empress nasturtiums that aren't all purple and they look horrible...but they are producing seeds and that's what I want them to do.

Oregon Spring heirloom tomato

Lots of Oregon Spring. I'm actually impressed with little determinate variety's production.

Blue Beauty heirloom tomato. The production is nowhere near that of the Oregon Spring or that of the Marglobe or Gold Nugget varieties that I have in another area.

Paul Robeson. This hasn't throw out a fruit yet.

We're just harvesting everything and stretching it out for about 4 more weeks. That's when I'll plant my fall garden. Right now, it's time for those abundant spring crops to slide over and make way for the beans, tomatoes and squash.

We'll be harvesting the rest of the potatoes within 2 weeks.

Spaghetti squash

Oh, yes, I'm going to have spaghetti squash!

Maxibel beans. These are a French variety and a staple in my summer garden.

The collards are starting to fall victim to the heat. I'm leaving them for the bugs to eat.

I can still harvest off of them, too.

Tanya's Pink Pod beans. I need to save seeds for these this year as I planted all I had.

I love growing Bachelor Buttons in my garden. I put them in there for the pollinators.

The cuke is starting to flower out. I haven't had it set fruit yet.

Cucamelon plant. There are some tiny blooms and fruit on there. I'll have to see what all the to-do is about with these.

A garden friend. I have plants placed around my little area that encourage these guys to come and hang out.

Here is is, mid-July. These Spring Blush pea vines are still blooming!! I'm saving these all for seed for next year as the seed is nowhere to be found because all the good seed sites are sold out.

Spring Blush Pea

Oregon Sugar Pod bloom

Oregon Sugar Pod. I'm not saving seed for these as this variety is very common in the stores around here.