One Last Pepper Ripened Inside The House

When I was cleaning up the garden I brought in this half ripe pepper.  Over the last few days it ripened on the table and yesterday Neal at it.  It was really good.

The other green things are the tomatoes.  I don't think they will ripen before they go bad.  None of us are up for fried green tomatoes.

The Pepper Tastes Good

The other night we had the red pepper and I have to say it tasted really good.  I don't even like peppers but it did taste good.

We've Picked The Pepper

We have finally picked the confused pepper.  It's no longer confused as it turned red.  Neal is going to taste it tonight with his dinner and report back on the taste.  There is still one more pepper that is still green.

We are going to start to put the garden to bed for the winter.  We have to pull out the tomato cages and take up the rubber walkways and turn the soil so that it can breath over winter.

The Confused Pepper Is Confused No More

 I have happy news about the confused pepper....It's confused no more.  As you can see it has finally started to turn red.  I really hope that we can pick it before some animal does.

Our Confused Pepper

Welcome back to my garden blog.  The garden season is just about to wrap up for another season.  I thought I'd share with you this pepper.  It's suppose to be a red pepper according to it's tag.  It seems to think it's a green pepper.  It's gotten big but isn't showing any signs of changing colour.  Does anyone know at what point I should just accept the fact that the garden centre made a mistake and this will actually be a green pepper?

Kale

Here is the kale that we are growing in our garden.  I have to admit this variety is not my favourite.  Last year's tasted way better.  I think this would be better being fried with garlic than in a salad raw.  But that's all the garden center had so that's what we have.

Some More Stuff From My Garden - Aug. 15

It's still extremely hot and humid and the plants are suffering.  We've gotten some rain, but mostly in large amounts at once and then nothing.  That's why the zucchinis are oddly shaped.  We have finally gotten two peas.  Neal ate them last night and said that they tasted very good.  The two green Roma tomatoes are because some animal knocked them off the plant.  I am trying to see if they will ripen or not.  The beans keep on coming!  We've got a lot of kale too from one plant.  Now the only thing that isn't doing all that well is the broccoli.  We are getting some but not a lot.

There is some exciting news for next year's garden.  We are expanding!  Last week we got a new fence.  The guys left us some extra wood so we will be able to build another plot.  It's all very exciting.  Photos to come soon.

Tomatoes, Beans, A baby Red Pepper And A Zucchini

 Welcome back to my garden blog.  Here are just a few things that have been growing in my garden.  Because of the really hot summer, everything is smaller than normal.

Here is a little zucchini and some cherry tomatoes of various varieties.

 Here are some beans that I found while weeding the garden.  I thought that the pants was finished producing beans but apparently I was wrong.  They tasted really good by the way.

This looks like a baby green pepper but the tag actually says it's suppose to be a red pepper.  We shall see as it grows if it turns red.

So far this summer, the weeds seem to be growing better than the garden.  It's just been so hot and humid that the plants are suffering.  Well, that's it for now.

More Veggies From The Garden

We're back in the garden after the heatwave broke and we had a few major storms roll through the city.  We had about a month's worth of rain fall in a few hours after a month long drought.  As you can see, I found a few different kinds of tomatoes.  There would have been three zucchinis but something ate one.  And they are very small.  Well, that's all for now.  Now that it's a bit cooler maybe the garden will grow a little more and not be so stressed out.

Here's What I Picked This Morning

Here is a photo of what I picked in the garden this morning.  Some of the broccoli and the green beans.  My husband will be very happy to eat the beans.

We Have Vegetables In The Garden Ready To Pick - June 29, 2018

 Good Morning gardners!!  So last night I took a closer look at the garden and found these cute little cherry tomatoes.  They are called Early Girl.  There are lots of them and many more little flowers as well.

Here is the very first broccoli of the season.  It's a beauty!  4 more plants are just about ready to get their broccoli on.

And then, the surprise of the evening....we have green beans.  One day there were tons and tons of flowers and today I looked closer and we actually have lots of beans.  My husband will love them.  Those are for him.

Well folks that's it for now.  I'll post more as the plants give me more gifts.

And Updated Photo Of My Garden - June 17, 2018

 Hello all and welcome back to my garden.  I thought it might be nice for you to see the progress so far.

In this photo you can see the snow peas and broccoli plants.  The snow peas are growing very slowly right now because it's just so hot and tropical.

Here you can see that my zucchini plant has started to flower.  Actually last night I saw that each of the zucchini plants are now flowering.  I can see tiny little zucchinis.

 Here is a photo of the Early Girl cherry tomatoes.  You can see the little flowers all over the plant but there are also a few tiny green tomatoes as well.  It's really exciting too.

Here is the red pepper plant.  Right in the middle there is a tiny little flower.  I've never grown peppers before so I'm not sure what to expect.

 Here are the long beans.  All of the plants have started to flower.  I'm sure that within a few days we will start to see little beans.

Here is my kale plant.  Last year we planted way too much kale.  By the end of the summer we never wanted to see kale ever again.  So this year we only planted one plant.  It seems to be a different variety than we had last year and not as tasty.

Here is our rose bush that I thought had been killed off after our ice storm.  It got flattened and we were ok with this.  We were going to plant something else in this spot.  Mother Nature had other plans.

Well folks that's it from my garden.  In a few days I will post more to keep you up to date.

The Snow Peas Have Poked Their Tiny Heads Out Of The Soil

Just a quick note to tell you that the Snow Peas have started to poke their tiny heads up and out of the soil about two weeks from the day I planted them.  I have to admit they were planted late because of our ice storm.  Yes we had a bad ice storm in late April when the peas should have been planted and the garden still had snow on it.  So we went form snow to heat wave in just a few short weeks.  We always say, if you don't like the weather in Toronto wait a day and it will change.

The other plants have now started to settle into their new home and they look a lot heartier.  The first few days it was touch and go because of the high heat and absolutely no rain.  I'm starting to see some more growth now.

The herbs do NOT like the heat at all.  Between waterings the leaves get very wilty looking and then perk right back up after being watered and at night when it's cooler.

Garden 2018 - Let The Planting Begin

 Let the 2018 planting season begin!!!  This year as you can see, I've added some new walkway mats as the stepping stones have started to crumble.

This year I planted snow peas, zucchini, beans, kale, green peppers, various kinds of tomatoes and some stinky flowers to hopefully to repel bugs and animals.

 Here is the beautiful herb garden that my sister-in-law and brother-in-law gave us as a gift.  The smell is amazing!!

Celery Experiment Died

I am sad to report that the in soil celery experiment died yesterday.  I'm not sure exactly what happened, it just flopped over even though the soil was still damp and there were no bugs.  Oh well it did produce very thin celery stocks.

Amaryllis Did Not Flower

I am very sad to report that the tribute Amaryllis that I planted for my husband's Grandma didn't manage to produce a flower.  We got some huge leaves, lots of little gnats and no flower.  Due to the gnat infestation, that no matter what we did, kept coming back had to be thrown out.  Maybe we'll try again next year with a brand new fresh plant.