It’s June! What is growing in my garden right now?
It has been a minute since I sent out a post. Spring is a glorious season, but so full.
I want to show you what is growing in my gardens right now!
Here is a quick list:
Tomatoes!! I decided to grow several varieties this year. I have Granny Cantrells, Rio Grande, Champagne bubble, Sun gold, Golden Jubilee, Brandywine, and Celebrity. Several little tomato seedlings are coming up from the ground from last year, but I won’t be keeping many because of space.
Beets- I’m trying my parent’s favorite beets this year - the Red Ace beets. It’s a hybrid variety and I’m looking forward to enjoying the roots. As they are growing, we are eating some of the greens.
Cucumbers - I typically grow those from seeds, but decided to do both seeds and seedlings this year. Burpless and Marketmore are the two varieties growing in my garden.
Kale- my beautiful Dinosaur kale disappeared because of naughty rabbits. :( But I have some nice Russian kale left to enjoy.
Swiss Chard- I grew that about 10 years ago but our taste buds weren’t quite mature enough then… but now we are enjoying it! I’m harvesting beautiful Rainbow Swiss Chard right now and I’m getting them young and tender, so there is no bitterness in them.
Spinach - The small leaf spinach is almost ready to harvest! I’m trying a Malabar spinach that is new to me. It’s is a vining spinach that can tolerate the heat. Maybe I’ll give a little update at the end of the season!
Lots of different lettuces- We have been eating lettuce for a few weeks now. I LOVE it! My favorite is a blend from a local garden organization. It includes a deep red lettuce and it adds beauty to my row of lettuce!
Green Beans- I planted two different varieties this year: Providence and Blue Lake. They should be blooming in the next week or two. My son cannot wait to eat green beans!
Sugar Snap Peas- They are growing beautiful on our fence - one is over 5 feet tall! We started harvesting sweet peas this week! Those rarely even make it back to our house - the kids eat them as they harvest them.
Peppers- I’m planting lots of them this year. Besides the typical red and yellow peppers, I planted Shishito, Poblano, and Tam Jalapeño peppers.
Eggplant - I planted two eggplant plants (sounds repetitive, doesn’t it!? haha!). I don’t know if we will enjoy the vegetables or that last sentence better.
Cantaloupe- I planted both seedlings and seeds this year. We’ll see which one will produce better.
Watermelon - Planted some sugar baby watermelons. They are smaller in size and so sweet! They are not currently very happy looking in the garden, but I’m going to try to help them.
Zucchini and squash. Those take a lot of room, but I have both black beauty zucchini and yellow squash called super set. My compost pile currently has about 12 plants of yellow squash plants. I might transfer it in the garden because they look so strong and healthy!
ALLLLL the herbs- Beautiful cilantro, basil (sweet basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, dark opal basil, spicy globe basil), marjoram, thyme, oregano, dill, and rosemary.
Flowers: I always plant Zinnias in the garden, for the pollinators and the beauty. I added calendula and marigold flowers also this year.
Phew that’s a long list! Alright, let’s take a quick tour to see most of the above plants.
A quick tour of the garden!