Our strawberries are doing much better this year. We thinned the plants and that has helped a lot.
Last year we picked maybe a dozen strawberries in all. I picked these this morning. We bought some to freeze and to make preserves, but we're adding our little harvest as they ripen. It makes us feel sort of successful.
The potatoes are growing well. We may be able to dig some soon.
The sugar snap peas are ready to pick. They're on the menu for tomorrow.
This is the first year we've planted spinach and it has thrived. Phillip, who eats no kind of greens at all, likes it sauteed with garlic. I use it in smoothies.
The broccoli has done really well. I've already picked and frozen most of it. It's still making little heads which I pick and add to the freezer bag. We need to plant more next year. The onions are getting big. They'll be ready to pick soon.
The tomatoes and peppers are taking off. We need to can a lot of tomatoes this year so we're hoping they do well. Last year they got a wilt or blight or something and we had to buy tomatoes to can.
The green beans aren't looking so great. Phillip just replanted the sparse spots. Last year we canned enough so we don't need a huge crop this year, but we're hoping they come around and start growing.
The milk jugs, juice bottles, buckets, etc. scattered among the plants are our drip watering system. So far it's working well.
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