I made it to the plot for a little bit in the early evening. I wasn't able to water when I went out last night and had to do it today. The radishes, snow peas, and lettuce were pretty thirsty, after all. The snow peas are noticeably larger with each approx 1" above the soil now. I imagine The Boy will be particularly excited to harvest those. The snow peas are on the left side of the picture with lettuce here and there on the right. The taller things in the middle are, I think, garlic that decided not to sprout until recently. I decided to leave whatever it is in there just out of curiosity.
A chore on my "Honey Do" list for the weekend was to retrieve a few of the marigolds from the plot to take home for Wifey. She's working on doing a fall clean-up for her mothers' group gathering in October and wanted some of the marigolds for color. Filling the role of "Dutiful Husband" is yours truly. I even was able to spare two yellow plants with a number of blooms left even after I deadheaded a bunch of them. It's hard to tell size just by looking at the picture, but they're quite large. Side by side, they must be three feet wide. The two spanned the distance inside the truck (a F-150) from the passenger side door to the driver's side of the console.
I harvested a number of tomatoes and a bunch of the ground cherries. The poor ground cherry plants look awfully limp and pathetic. It must be getting close to the end of the season for those.
The tally:
- 1 lb 2.8 oz of tomatoes
- A lot of ground cherries
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