Garden: Week 23

We finally did a little garden clean-up leaving behind basil, oregano, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, two pruned back tomatoes and pumpkins. I also have a secret tomato garden with about five Early Girl tomatoes.

The peppers are all very happy right now. I think they like the slightly cooler and more humid monsoon type weather we've been having since mid-July.

A pumpkin flower. Did you know that the first flowers to set on a pumpkin plant are all male flowers? Neither did I! I still haven't seen any female flowers, but I'm watching my sad little vines with great hope.

In the bare patches of the garden we planted carrot seeds, bush beans and more pumpkin seeds. Yesterday I had some very yummy beets straight from my aunt's garden (boiled and sliced), so I'm headed to the store this week to get some seeds for beets.

I guess August is an uncommon time to start new crops, but here in sunny Southern Arizona we still have about three months of a growing-season, so I thought I would try a few more of the traditional summer crops.

And then I'll need to give some thought to a cool-weather garden. And check the water bill.

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