So a couple of weeks ago I introduced you all to our little garden on our back patio. I was a little skeptical as to how it would turn out, beyond our herbs, since we were growing veggies in a converted Weber grill. And who knows what the remnants of long ago burned charcoal could do to vegetables…
Well, I was pleasantly surprised when we returned from a week away to find the plants not only still alive (thanks I’m sure, to our champion waterer Tony) but HUGE. So big in fact, that we had to pick up some fun stakes at the Farmer’s Market the next day. So let’s take a look at what we have here:
First up, tomatoes. I am really, really impressed with how our tomato plant is doing. When we left, we had a couple of teeny tiny tomatoes. Now our tomatoes are nearly full sized, but not yet ripening. I’m hoping they will be bright red by the time I come back from Europe next week, and ready for pairing with some excellent locally made mozzarella!
And the best thing about the tomato plant? Look at all those buds and little tomatoes it’s continuing to make! We might well have tomatoes all summer off this thing *fingers crossed* which would be a near back patio miracle.
Our pepper plant, which I’m sad to report is not doing quite as well as our tomato plant. We bought two pepper plants, and so far, we’re only seeing one pepper. Before we left for the beach, there were several little buds that looked like they had promising potential as peppers, but they seemed to have vanished. The one pepper we do have is getting to be a decent size, but I just hope the plants start to produce something else–but we can only wait and see.
I’ll update again once we get a little closer to harvest!
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