I'm finally done my class (yea!) and I am off from school until September. I was able to get a lot of needed work done in the vegetable garden this weekend. I took some pictures as well so check out the image galleries. Here's the bed-by-bed play...

Potato bed: Potatoes are doing very well. I'm not going to add any more dirt because otherwise it will start flowing out of the bed. The plants have started to fall over, so I've made a make-shift fence out of bamboo stakes and twine just to keep them off of the ground a bit. I probably need to get a real fence of sorts, but in time. Also there are a lot of ants in that bed and I'm wondering if that is going to be a problem. I'll need to do some research to see how to get rid of them - or if they will do any damage to the potatoes.

Salad bed: I've got lots of snow peas! They are producing a lot and they are very sweet. I've pulled out the bolting baby spinach and have replanted them. The lettuce is doing OK but is starting to bolt as well, so I'll need to pick and replant that in the next several days. Carrots look to be doing well, as do the shallots.

Bean bed: I did a lot of weeding in this bed - it really needed it. I'm also trying some more bean seeds one more time. I dunno what is wrong but the beans won't sprout right this year. Usually they are the easiest thing to grow, but this is my 4th re-planting of the beans and I may be at about 65% germination rate. We'll see. The cabbage is doing well too - the heads are just starting to form. Hopefully they will be ready in a few weeks.

Tomato bed: The tomatoes are getting huge. I have added the 2nd level of tomato cages and have tied all of them up. I still have lots of flowers and have lots of little black cherry tomatoes starting and a few roma are starting as well. The tomatillos are starting to get fruit too - but have been getting attacked by bugs relentlessly. First it was aphids, now something else is eating them. I need more hot-pepper wax spray or maybe something else. When I go to primex to ask about the ants I'll see what is best for this as well.

Pepper bed: My peppers are doing very well and are starting to flower. I have a few tiny peppers forming as well (either the Autopick or the Tangerine Dream - I dunno which yet). I also planted my red-peter pepper so the bed is now full. The cucumbers are starting to flower as well. I'll probably have some cucumbers within a week! I also bought some red mulch and mulched the whole bed (not seen in pics yet).

Herb bed: I finally got around to planting all of the herbs that we bought at WellSweep farm. I also weeded and mulched the bed (using a black mulch). The basil is doing very well (We have about 6 varieties) and so is my cilantro.

Misc stuff: I am getting artichokes!!! I have three baby artichokes on the artichoke plant that I planted in the side of the yard. The one in the planter is not doing too hot, so I am thinking I should put that in the ground soon. I've been picking the lettuce that I have been growing in the planters, and have been getting a good amount of strawberries as well. The strawberries are flowering again too - so I'll have a second batch shortly. The tomatoes are doing great too. My tumbler and wayahead tomatoes are both getting fruit and still have lots of flowers.

So that's the rundown. Check out the new June gallery for pics. Later!