Harvest Monday, 18th June 2012

Hi there! It's been 2 months since I updated this blog. My apple tree was filled with flowers in Spring and they have produced lots of apples. The tree is 2.5 years old and it's of Golden Dorsett variety. We have been steadily harvesting apples for the past few weeks. Some of the apples were eaten by birds/bugs and I feel very sad for throwing them away. I am making milk shakes and it tastes divine on a hot day!
Here is the lettuce I harvested last week, tastes so good in salad.
Thanks to Daphne's Dandelions for hosting Harvest Monday!

Amaryllis blooms

The Amaryllis bulbs are all blooming for the 4th time in 2 years. They make lovely cut flowers. I thought these would bloom only in winter, so was a little surprised. All 10 bulbs have put out a beautiful show.

Harvest Monday - Mar 26th

The tomato plants have toppled over and there are fruits hidden beneath them. I managed to find quite a bit and some of them were already eaten by birds and worms.

I loves these flowers, they bloom all year:

Tiny apples setting:

March Updates

It's been some time since I updated this space. Not much happening in the garden front. The tomatoes are still producing. I will be pulling out the plants soon to prepare for the next season. The Amaryllis plants are producing buds and have started blooming. Look how pretty they are!

Gladioli have started sprouting from the ground. I left the corms in the ground last year. I didn't expect them now but the unusual warm weather in SoCal must have helped them come up.

Lots of cleaning in store and preparing for summer!

Tomato harvest 2/13/12

My tomato plants are still hanging in there, about 50 tomatoes harvested last week. I really want to clean the area and prepare for the next season. I will wait till the end of Feb for the green tomatoes to ripen and then start the cleaning process.

Tomatoes in Winter

I think my tomato plants are still hanging onto summer, look at the harvest I got on Friday. A couple of plants died but the rest are producing new flowers. The weather was warm for the past week in SoCal, I still have about 20-30 tomatoes slowly ripening.

My one and only pumpkin harvest. I cooked it in the oven, removed the pulp and stored in the refrigerator, will be making pumpkin soup soon.

Harvest Monday - Nov 28, 2011





Last week was great, I harvested about 27 tomatoes. Lost a couple to pests. So far the count is 501 (excluding the ones we lost). The weather is awesome for the past couple of days, the plants are doing a happy dance :)

What is this?

I have no idea what kind of gourd or pumpkin is this. Any ideas?

453 tomatoes and still counting!

The temperatures are crazy here in So Cal. It's been windy, cold and raining. The tomato plants are still growing with new flowers. But I think as the cold weather sets in, the plants will slowly stop producing.

Last 2 weeks' harvest:

I removed all the leaves from the basil plant, cleaned and dried them. Added the leaves to the food processor along with some olive oil, made something similar to pesto and froze them. This will come in handy when I make pizza/pasta sauce.

The tomatoes are in abundance, so I have been freezing and also giving them to my neighbors. I haven't bought tomatoes in the past 5 months.

Harvest Monday - 10/24/11

The tomato plants are still producing, some even with new flowers. The weather has been a bit crazy in So Cal with gloomy and 80F days. So far the tomatoes count is 394 from 8 plants, not bad right? Last week we harvested some tomatoes and purple peppers.

The eggplant plants are producing flowers but not a single eggplant yet, very disappointing :(

The mystery squash finally has a female flower, I am waiting to see what happens.

Tahiti Sunrise Dahlia - What a cutie!

October Updates

It's been some time since I posted. Life has been busy lately, but it will slow down end of november, I hope! Tomato plants are still going strong with new flowers on them. It's been raining and cloudy for the past couple of days. We have harvested 360 tomatoes so far and we lost about 15-20 to the pests. Next season I will invest in a weighing machine so that I know how many pounds the plants produced. Pepper plants are doing okay, I am behind on the fall planting. I want to try carrots and brocolli. Here are some recent pictures.

Coleus:



Tomatoes and Okra:


Dahlias:





Greens:

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: September 15

I am joining May Dreams Gardens to show off late summer blooms in my garden.

Semi Cactus Dahlia: This is its 2nd year, the plant has done very well compared to last year. We have had quite some beautiful flowers.

Black eyed susan: One of my favorite flowers, hope it comes back next year.

Gaillardia: Another favorite one.

Potato bush: This plant took off well this summer and it's in the blooming season.

Forget-me-not: I scattered some seeds in Spring and these took some time to grow, I love the light blue color.

Monday Harvest - Sep 5th

It's raining tomatoes! So far we've got 151, my mother-in-law is actually maintaining a count log. Hahaha!

Harvest of 3 golden dorsett apples, tomatoes and 1 okra:

One of the brinjal plants actually has a flower on it, I cannot wait for it to become an actual brinjal.

Harvest Monday - Aug 22

We harvested lots of tomatoes last week along with some okra and bell peppers.






A bloom on the mystery gourd plant:



Beautiful Dahlias:



Blue Potato bush in bloom, the deep purple is gorgeous:

Monday Harvest - Aug 15

Last week was the best! We harvested lots of tomatoes, peppers, some okra and swiss chard. We even shared some with our neighbors.

Harvest Monday - Aug 1

Our harvest from last week consists of tomatoes, peppers and 1 okra :)







Our tomato plants are being attacked by horn worms. The tops of the plants were chewed up and so far we have killed 4 of them. I am sure that there is plenty more.


These disgusting creatures can defoliate a plant in a few days.