Garden update 2 weeks old

Alright I haven't done a very good job keeping up with the garden progress. Here's what it looked like 2weeks ago just after we put up the trelli for the tomatoes. Some of the plants are now above the middle support. Maybe I'll get a more recent picture up some day.

Garden stuff

The garden is looking pretty good. We've finally got warm weather-this past week several days it was at or near 30. The tomatoes and lettuce are really happy about that. The lettuce was growing at least an inch every day it was that warm.
But this kind of heat is the end of the peas-there are still lots on the vines ripening but I think they'll be done by the end of the week. This year we planted Sugar Snap peas and I'm really happy with them, they are powdery mildew resistant and produce tons. They're much bushier than the Super Sugars that we planted last year and didn't grow at tall but I think the output is pretty much the same.

I finally started pruning the tomatoes yesterday, some of the suckers were pretty huge but they're all gone. After seeing how well pruned tomatoes performed last year, I'm only allowing each plant to have one vine. Last year I let some have 2 or 3 vines which I don't think improved yield but did make for more crowded plants. I'm pretty happy with the state of the tomatoes but we are at least 2 weeks behind where we were last year-combination of our cold spring/early summer and the damage to the seedlings while we were out of town. Oh well we're getting blossoms now on a lot of the plants, just no baby tomatoes yet. Thairo built the rest of the trelli yesterday but forgot his shovel in the field so we'll have to put them up next weekend.

kidlet

Lazy weekend

We just did a a little gardening this weekend but not much else which was wonderful. Mostly we were weeding-actually we were probably pulling a wildflower that we planted but it was just taking over. And Thairo battled his current nemesis-bindweed. It grows so fast here, not in the veggies but in all of the more established flower and shrub beds and nothing kills it. We filled most of our smaller compost bin, so about 50L of biomass.

Today we planted a few more tomato seedlings-one to replace a black pineapple that died and the 2 green doctor cherries that are kind of hanging on after nearly dying last month because of the water snaffu. I'm not that hopeful about the green doctor's but we really wanted to get that variety and decided that they weren't going to get any stronger in the little pots. I took pictures showing how tiny they are but can't find the cable for my camera, I'll post those pictures next week, hopefully with a good update on their progress.
The garden is doing pretty well. Raspberries are ripe and the peas are getting close. Everything else is growing, except basil so I planted more again. Our compost garden material works great for established plants but it's not that great for sprouting.

The kid is doing great. He's been super active the past few weeks-not just kicking and punching all the time but doing flips. When he rolls over it's really weird, almost makes me seasick. Thairo says he's getting back at me for taking him to sea in February. We've got another ultrasound next week just to make sure that he's growing well. Thairo couldn't make the 20 week ultrasound but will be able to go for this one with will be great-I'm sure he'll still look like a bug-eyed alien but at least Thairo will get to see how much he's moving rather than just the occasional kick. I've been playing pattycake with him this past week-when he kicks I'll push back then he'll kick again. I tried to have Thairo play with him too, but I think that the reply kicks are just a little too light for Thairo to be able to feel them. Oh well, they can play without my stomach in the way in a few months.

long weekend

We both took Friday off to drive out to see Thairo's mom. It was a good trip but fairly fast. Yesterday we went down to the little lake that Thairo used to fish in when he was growing up. No fishing but watched a family of osprey fish and fly around for at least half an hour.

I had this grand plan where we'd drive through Canada to get out there, then drop down into WA on the way home. I'd drop Thairo off at his field site then come home. The drive through WA and Canada is pretty much the same time because the interstate is so much faster than the roads through the mountains. It was a great plan. Undone by the fact that I forgot my passport. so poor Thairo is having to finish up the long day driving 4 more hours to get down to his field site.

On the plus side cherries are ripe in the Okanagan so I have a nice big bag of cherries to munch on for the next few days.

Planted the tomatoes

We planted the tomatoes and peppers yesterday. My attempt to rescue the very damaged tomatoes a few weeks ago wasn't very successful, only 2 of the 20 or so that I transplanted were hanging on still yesterday. We had enough to plant pretty much what we wanted but no extras to give away like we've done in the past. Something tried to eat one of the tomatoes-no idea if it'll survive. 2 of the peppers shocked in the night and dropped their leaves which we've seen before. They may recover.

Not dead yet

The seedlings look better today. A little greener. We'll probably hold
off on planting them in the garden till next weekend just to see which
ones are going to survive. I'll be happier when some of them start
putting out new leaves.