How is you're garden doing?

[JaimeB]

There's not much left of mine. I planted tomatoes, pumpkins, corn, watermellons, and strawberries. My pumpkins haven't been doing so great this year, they started off strong but haven't been producing any large pumpkins. They ripen within a couple weeks, but hopefully they'll pick up soon and give me some good Jack-O-Lanterns. My tomatoes are doing great! I having a hard time coming up with new ways to eat them lol. My corn is spent, and only produced a half dozen edible ears. I'm in the process of tearing down the stalks. My watermellons were a total bust! Not a single one, I finally uprooted them because it's too late for any fruit, and they became a nasty bug harbor (ants, Aphids, eggs of some sort, I even found a mealy bug.) They were creeping close to my healthy tomato plants so they had to go. And my strawberries are finally taking off lol. They would've been nice last month with some shortcake.
So, my garden now consists of tomatoes, strawberries, pie pumpkins, and Jack-O-Lanterns. Oh......and a few weeds, but we're not counting those lol.

 

[digitS']

If I had to choose one word to describe my garden plants this year, JaimeB, it would be "small." Looking at the Weather Service's Growing Degree Days information explains why. I know that most of the US has been baking but Wenatchee, WA is the weather station furthest behind, as a percentage from normal, for accumulated warmth. Wenatchee is just across the Columbia Basin from my gardens, about 200 miles away.

Only the cool-season veggies grew to normal size. After a record cool start to the growing season: everything else is small.

Of the ones that you mentioned: the tomatoes are providing samples, so far. The plants with the most fruit are the ones that I set out the latest. After a cooler than usual start, if we have a warmer than usual finish -- there should be plenty of nice ripe tomatoes. But, mostly because I have so many plants.

I don't have very many pumpkins but nearly all of the "RockStars" are orange! This variety always scares me with early maturing - suppose to be why we grow Halloween pumpkins, to scare us! It seems to be a very good variety for maturing here. I've had other types that were still green on November 1st . . .

I am days away, almost hours away, from having sweet corn! The fact that it's about 2 weeks late just adds to the excitement! I'm not sure if the later plantings will have time but I think so. The sweet corn plants are small but there should be plenty of ripe ears!

I have 2 types of melons in the garden. I was looking at, and around for, them today. Yes, they are small plants but I think that at least some of them should have ripe fruit!

My everbearing strawberries are new this year and have been ripening a few berries now and then.

The remaining plants in the garden are small. Have I already said that? I've had bumper crops before - the lettuce, potatoes and onions did great this year. But, it would have taken more than this Alpine Summer of 2011 to get the warm-season crops above an idle.

Steve

 

[Southern Gardener]

Not much left in my garden except asparagus and tomato cages. I'm pleased with my garden this year - well over 300 tomatoes, okra, squash, cukes, corn and peppers. This weekend I'll plant turnips, radish, peas and carrots.

 

[JaimeB]

That's great for you Southern , I wish we were all that lucky this year.

DigitS- my pumpkins are all small this year. We also had a very late, cool spring that stunted all our gardens. I don't know what to do about my pumpkins though. The vines just haven't grown very strong and can only support one pumpkin at a time. And those pumpkins are only about 8-10" in diameter. Hopefully its still early enough for them to bulk up enough to give me some 20lb'ers. My pie pumpkins are in the same boat, but I'm not as worried about those because I don't really need them till November lol. Plus my jacks are small enough I could supplement with them if need be. Good luck to.

 

[Neko-Chan]

My garden is small, but promising to be quite a bit bigger, as our season is just starting to warm up properly.

 

[cityfarmer]

My garden seems to be doing well although it has been an odd year. April and May were very cold and windy. Then seemingly overnight we jumped to record high temps. The summer has been very warm for my area, upper 80's-low 90's during the day and low 70's-high 60's at night. My lettuce just started bolting 2 weeks ago, bumper crop of peas and broccoli. Lots of small cabbages but they seem to have stopped growing but I am hoping they will resume when the weather cools down. Warm season crops are just starting to get going. Lots of cucumbers, squash, and green beans. Peppers and tomatoes are almost ready. Corn is 2-3 feet tall and tassling some with silks some not yet. Dried beans are forming. Need a warm Sept/Oct. I can't wait to dig the potatoes and sweet potatoes. I am not seeing too many pumpkins but they do tend to hide well. That is why every year is a new adventure.

 

[vfem]

Everything was rolling along pretty well... but after tomorrow, I may be picking up green tomatoes and pepper parts all over the yard!

 

[Collector]

I am in the same boat as Steve. The cool spring wasn't warm enough to get the plants off to a good start Grrr! Plus it is our first year with a ful veggie garden, so that is part of it as well. The things that are growing the best are tomatoes and peppers, both are loaded with fruit. Now if it would just ripen before it freezes . Everything else is giving us mixed results so far. We do enjoy our garden and are already planing next years strategy!

 

[seedcorn]

I'm disappointed in mine. Moved it to new location that turned out to be the headquarters for red ants.

Tomatoes have done decent for how dry it's been. Pepper plants have suffered badly. I kept feeding them, now that it started to rain, they've hit the fertilizer and taken off==all plant, very little blooms or fruit. Okra beyond bad, same for onions, carrots, cabbage, etc. Now I'm trying to direct seed some broccoli, lettuce, cabbage and having NO LUCK getting them to germinate.

But if I was going to pick one thing to do well, it would be my tomatoes.....so all is not lost.