A Plot Thickens – Learning to Garden in Baltimore

Spider on the porch

July Update

The plot has started to produce lots of cherry tomatoes and the occasional jalapeño, and the onions and beans are thriving. Things a really overgrown in the unused parts of the plot though. I made up for this unsightliness (I hope) by helping pave the common walkways with mulch last Saturday.

The beans have taken a beating from ladybugs lately but seem to be thriving anyway

Pulled a red onion to see what’s up, but they still have a ways to go as of July 26th

Evolution of a Sunflower

June update

Jay gave me a few sunflowers which I transplanted to the corner of the plot

Wildflowers peeking out from under the sunflowers

A new season – cleaning out the weeds for 2017!

Finally got everything cleared out and the first round of tomatoes, onions, and peppers in the ground:

Giant Zucchini and Cherry Tomatoes!

We watered the garden last Thursday, and by Monday, there were multiple HUGE zucchini ready to be picked!

Also – cherry tomatoes, and jalapeños. The latter were a little bitter, possibly not ripe yet.

Rain + Not Weeding for a Week = Overgrown

The cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen…and this flower sprang from nowhere from the seeds we planted in June.

Tomatoes are Beautiful

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Right?

Around the Plot Update

Flowers…can’t remember what they’re called

The dark sentinel who continues to loom over us all

The Squash is Taking Off

I was a little worried about the squash last week when the stem on one of them looked like it had dried out and the whole plant was lying on its side…but after watering extensively, it righted itself and now both plants seem robust.