Well it is very hot already in the 100's so the garden is not doing great. The potato crop was a dismal failure. We may try again next year and get them in earlier. The Corn was a mixed bag, the sweet corn we harvest was really good but the blue corn was mealy. We will only plant the sweet corn again.
The tomatoes plants are the smallest we have had in 15 years. Probably due to lack of rain and heat. We began harvesting about mid June.
The pole beans were ok but we like the bush beans better so probably won't repeat the poles.
The winter squash only produced 2 small squash and then the plants withered and dies.
Cucumber also did not do great again heat and lack of rain.
Eggplant and peppers are doing great. We had a wonderful onion crops as well.
Now we have blackeyd peas and baby limas growing so we shall see how they do with the very hot weather. Hope it rains soon. We also have Okra in now.
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Hi, my name is Suanne and I am writing this blog to share some of the tips and recipes I have learned or created with our backyard garden. The garden itself is actually my husband John's but we have had a garden for over 25 years so I have picked up some garden knowledge along the way. We live in Austin, Texas so we are blessed with a year long growing season. We always have something to eat from the garden and this pretty much dictates what we eat. All of our meals are planned around what happens to be growing at the time. One of the biggest challenges is what I like to call crop maintenance. What to do with all of the vegetables? Beyond sharing with the neighbors and friends I am always trying creative approaches to preparing the bounty. So the blog seemed like a good way to both keep track of and share my recipes.
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