Steve made me a garden patch (cause he's awesome!)....so as of today here's how it's growing.
Tomatoes are doing well. I've had several garden peach that have ripened as well as several of the zebras. Both varieties are just okay. Waiting for the Julia Child's to ripen (they're very yummy). I also have either a boxcar willie or a brandywine (I really need to be more careful when labeling them. On the deck in the containers I have a brandywine, a blondkopfchen, a Paul Robeson, and an orange-strawberry. All are doing fairly well (many blondkopfchen!), except the orange-strawberry. It has gotten blight, probably from reusing the soil.....
Back in the garden. The okra is doing good. I only planted 2, and that's just not enough to get many ripe pods all at once. Next year i need to plant at least 4. They can be closer together, too. Sweet and Thai Basil's are doing very well, as is the sage and oregano. Bell peppers didn't do well at all. Only on pepper per plant. Next year, need to get the plants earlier and plant more of them. Yellow squash and zucchini doing good. Next year, only plant one of each and steak them up....the yellow squach had a problem with molding due to moisture buildup under leaves.
Next year, I'm only going to start the tomatoes that I know I reaaallly like, since space is limited. This would include Julia Child (great flavor), Paul Robeson (rich tomatoey flavor), orange strawberry (nice flavor and very few seeds, so it's good for salad caprese). Might give costoluto's another chance. They may grow better in the ground. Will also look at tomatofest and see if there are other varieties I might want to try (like the mortgage lifter!!)
