Thursday, May 20, 2010

Purple flowers

Perfect weather this morning for Southern Cal area, bright and sunny, not too hot nor too cold, perfect for growing plants. My tomato plants are about 2 feet tall with lots of blossoms but I have yet to see any big tomato yet. Here are some pictures of plants in my garden.

Sweet pea flowers


Campanula flower


Ambrosia melon

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Columbine

I was sick today so I did not do much in the garden except to move the leeks and make room for the next tomato batch. I also pulled out 2 melon plants. I made a mistake of planning too soon this year, somehow these plants were stunned and never recovered.

Picture of a Columbine flower I found this morning.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Kohlrabi

This morning is a typical Southern California weather, nice, warm and full of sunshine. It's the right kind of temperature for warm loving plants like melon.

Melons bed


As usual, I did a tour of my garden and I found 2 nice kohlrabi plants that are ready to be picked for dinner(but not tonight). In the fall, I planted a few seeds of kohlrabi in a corner and forgot about it. Fast forward to Spring, these kohlrabi are the size of a small onion.

Green kohlrabi


Purple kohlrabi


I moved my strawberries which were growing in a raised bed to this container and the strawberries that I have been harvesting here are so sweet. I guess I have to move the rest of my strawberries to container as well.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Harvesting carrots and garlic

This morning I pulled out all of my carrots, they are great for dinner. I also pulled lots of garlics while prepping for the next tomato bed.

Garlics


Carrots


Big tomato bloom, possibly the Big Zac variety


Blueberry plant that I planted this year, the fruits are so tasty

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Green beans

Everything is going so well in my garden. So far, I've planted 20 heirloom tomatoes and they are about 2 feet tall. The green beans are starting to have flowers. Here is a picture of the flowers.