Beans, Kale And A Strawberry

Last night while I was cooking dinner on the BBQ I went to have a look at the garden.  I had done some reading about knowing when to pick the yellow beans.  It says that you have to be careful to pick them at just the right time so that they don't get overripe/hard.  So I went out to have a look and they were yellow so I picked them.  I also picked some kale, which when boiled for a few minutes was really good and not bitter.  That strange red thing is actually a strawberry.  So far no white strawberries yet but lots of flowers on the plant.

June 29th, 2017 - We Have Beans

 Hello and welcome back to my garden.  Since we've had a ton of rain (I've only had to water it twice since I planted at the end of May) the plants have really grown big very fast.  Here you can see we already have some yellow beans.  I have to do a little research to find out exactly how yellow and how long they will be so that I know when to pick them.

 Here you can see that the kale is ready to start picking it.  I will try some in my salad tonight.  The zucchini already has flowers so the zucchini will come soon.

 Here you can see the hanging basket full of strawberries.  The partially ripe berry you can see here was ripe this morning and I ate it.  The taste is like nothing you can ever buy in the store.  It's really sweet and full of flavour.

 Here we have the white strawberry plant.  I can't wait for one of them to ripen to be able to give it a try.  I'm curious to see if the berry will actually taste like pineapple or not.

 Here you can see the cucumber plants are also flowering.  The plants themselves really haven't gotten all that big.

 Here are the squash plants.  No flowers just yet but spaghetti squash are more of a fall plant. 

The last plant is the sugar baby watermelon plant.  It's still very small.  I'm not exactly sure of the timeline or what to expect with this plant.  It's the first time I have ever grown on.  Fingers crossed that we at least will get one watermelon.

An Update And Lots Of Growth

 I thought it would be a good time to show you some exciting stuff that's happening in my garden.  Here we see that the yellow beans have grown a lot and are starting to flower.  These look like they will be bush beans.

 I was surprised to see that our cherry tomato plant actually has some tiny tomatoes already.

 The Super Marzanio tomato, which will be long instead of a round tomato is already producing.  I may have to get some more next year.

The kale is almost ready to eat.  Just use a scissor and cut off some leaves and it will keep on growing.  By the end of the summer we probably won't want to eat kale again until next summer.  Also the zucchini plants are growing nicely.  No flowers just yet but soon.