Week twenty nine in the garden

Our lettuce box is in full bloom. If you biggify this picture, you can see our thyme plant. It hasn't been doing too well. Do any of my friends have any advice on growing thyme?

Our butternut squash is slowly changing color.
As you can see, Mommy hasn't made any pesto yet.
The sweet potatoes are growing beautifully.
And so is this watermelon. I can't wait to eat it!
We still have lots of zucchini growing.
We are so happy to finally see jalapenos!!!
Daddy harvested these heirloom tomatoes tonight.
Mommy really needs to harvest some perilla and take it to Grandma so she can make something yummy.

Week twenty eight in the garden

All of our lettuce are in full bloom.

Our butternut squash plant stretch all the way across the garden and climbed its way up to the wisteria tree.
Our biggest butternut squash is beginning to change color.
The strawberries are still coming along.
We hope our watermelon is ready to be harvested soon.
There are still quite a few zucchini growing.
And lots of marvel stripe heirloom tomatoes.
Look at the size of our perilla plant. It's bigger than me!
Our basil plant is bigger than me too. Mommy needs to get busy and make some pesto with all this basil.
And our lovely sweet potatoes. They are doing great.
We hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend!!!

Week twenty six in the garden

We have lots and lots of tomatoes coming in!!!

And look, our lettuce is starting to take off.
Our butternut squash grew a ton this week.
Our strawberries are so yummy. We harvest them almost every day.
And yes, we still have loads and loads of zucchini.
The rosemary smells really good.
We have four watermelon coming in right now. Look at these two that are side by side.
Mommy is very excited about all the bell peppers.
She thinks that the perilla is really pretty.

Week twenty one in the garden

Look at our first watermelon coming in!!!

The sweet potatoes have finally produced slips and are almost ready to transplant.
Our zucchinis are growing like crazy. We get atleast a handful a week. Mommy has been making lots and lots of zucchini bread. Did I mention that Mommy and Daddy have grilled zucchini almost every night?
Can you see our first corn?
And these are our first two cantaloupe.
Look at the size of those cucumbers!
We are starting to see lots and lots of little green tomatoes. Mommy is very happy.
This is our third batch of turnips.
Our perilla and mint are growing really, really well. Mommy can't make tea fast enough to keep up with all the mint.