This week was really hot and humid. We also had a couple real gully-washer storms. So I hadn't been over to the plot as much as I planned except for watering earlier in the week and planting a couple Borage seedlings. I have been harvesting the 'Snak Hero' Peas as well as making several small bouquets with the Sweet Pea 'Beaujolais'. I also cut some Salad Greens and Purple Kale.
Three of the four hills of Cucumbers had seedlings emerging this week. I say "had" as the first seedlings to emerge were the 'White Wonder' ones and they looked great. However, when we went to visit today, they were gone -- disappeared -- without a trace. We will replant that hill with new seeds next week. I suspect birds plucked these tender seedlings off the hill, so we covered one of other cucumber hills with a bit of hardware cloth wire that I had on hand. The other possibility is slugs, so I will go back and sprinkle some Sluggo (iron phosphate) around the hills later too.
Elsewhere in the plot, the Tomatoes are taking off and we even have a few baby fruits forming. One of the 'Resilience' Tomato plants also disappeared -- oh, the irony! (And yes, I blame the birds again.) Luckily, I still had one seedling from that variety in a pot at home and we can replace that next week.
The Sweet Potato slips are putting out new foliage and I was able to weed out a new area that I may use for Okra or Watermelon -- or both. I'll decide that over this weekend.
What are you harvesting this week in your edible garden?
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