Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Overdue Update

So it's now the middle of July and we've been slacking on updates.

Strawberries were a good harvest back in early June. Small amount of Raspberries and a few blueberries followed.   After we planted the rest of the vegetable garden, we recently harvested the garlic and onions that were planted during the cold season.

With a record amount of rain in June, it appears that it was too humid for our pepper plants, as they are undersized and not great looking.   Potatoes and tomatoes are doing better recently.  Our bush beans are doing good, but the runner beans never got very far before the heat was too much.   Cucumbers are looking good so far, (knock on wood) we don't have the same cucumber beetle problem as the last two years.

Hops went strong from the get go, and topped out the trellis in late June, and are covered in maturing hop cones.

The new chicken enclosure is complete, the new coop inside is yet to be started.