All 4 Beds are Productive

Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend I was finally able to get tomato plants, green peppers, dill, basil and green bean seeds in the ground. The varieties are:

Green Pepper: Bonnie Green Bell (Sweet Hybrid Pepper)
Dill: Bonnie Fernleaf Dill
Beefsteak Tomato: Bonnie Big Beef (Hybrid Tomato)
Cherry Tomato: Bonnie Husky Cherry Red (Hybrid Tomato)
Roma: Bonnie Roma
Basil: Bonnie Sweet Basil
Green Beans: Botanical Interests Bean Pole Blue Lake

The weather has been particularly hot, humid and dry (as in no rain) so the peppers, corn and tomatoes should all be happy. I have harvested 1 of the Esmeralda lettuce plants and enjoyed a nice salad out of it. I love the texture of the leaves and the sweet taste of this butter variety. The Red Sails lettuce is holding up better to the heat, but it is starting to show signs of bolting. I'm not as thrilled with the texture of this variety compared to past red lettuces I have planted. The leaves are too "wrinkled," I guess almost "weedy," for my liking. I would have liked larger, less wrinkled leaves. The leaves are also a very deep red with little green. I like the green/red varieties. It's not a horrible lettuce...I just like something a little different.

The cabbage and cauliflower are producing. I have one nice cauliflower head growing. It will probably be ready for harvest next week. The remaining cauliflower appear to have heads forming but now that the weather has turned hot, we'll see if they actually produce or just bolt. The cabbage plants all have heads forming. One is substantial in size, the others smaller. Hopefully all will produce instead of bolting.

The corn is about 5 inches tall now! I have some spots where the seeds either did not germinate or the cardinals got to the seeds (I had forgotten to put straw over my newly planted seeds and caught Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal in my bed tearing up the ground in search of meals). I replanted seeds in those spots over the weekend so we'll see how they do given the 2 week delay in development.

Here is what is in each bed right now:

Bed #1: Corn
Bed #2: Green beans, green peppers, dill, and a white coneflower
Bed #3: Cauliflower and cabbage
Bed #4: Tomato plants and basil

Anxiously awaiting the arrival of my new tomato cages and bean tower. At this point in the growing season, all we do is wait, water, weed, waste pests, and wait some more. :)