Veggie Garden Update

Our plants have been growing, however, our harvest is small.

If you are wondering what all the orange plastic is in my plants, just know that Hubs is an engineer that cares very much for their growth and support (and he also loves to toy with his 3-D printer).

The green bean plants have been starting to dry up.  We decided that maybe it was time to eat the beans. 

Yes, we had a harvest of FIVE beans.  They were delicious.  We considered not eating one of them to see if we created magic beans, but our hunger got the best of us.

 

The tomato plants are getting larger, stronger, and better looking everyday.  My prediction is that by September we may have a few tomatoes to devour.

The lettuce confuses us.  The lettuce leaves are very tiny.  The leaves are the size of clover leaves.  Some of the leaves are turning white in color.  We think we may have over-crowded the lettuce planting.  We also suspect that our water must be treated with something that bleached the leaves.

The onion sprouts are very thin and grass-like.  Again, perhaps over-crowding is the reason?

There are also cucumbers and peppers planted in these planters, but their growth seems extremely stunted.

At last, a flower has bloomed in my experimental flower pot.  I received a packet of Cosmo seeds in the mail (for free) from some Gardening magazine that spammed me begging for me to subscribe.  I planted some seeds, not knowing what to expect, and today went outside to find this little beauty.