We've finally had a few days of sunshine this summer, which has been enough to get things ripening in the greenhouse! It's so nice to see something edible from my plants after all these months of taking care of them. It's a little mind-blowing to think that I started those tomatoes and peppers from seed almost 5 months ago!
I planted 4 varieties of tomatoes this year - Moneymaker, Lollipop, Patio, and Roma, and the first three of those are just starting to ripen.
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| From left to right: Patio, Lollipop and Moneymaker tomatoes starting to show their true colours |
I also have two varieties of cucumbers - Marketmore and Early Russian. I'm really amazed at how quickly they've been growing - both the cukes pictured were just flowers a week or so ago. I've also discovered that cucumbers can be quite spiky.
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| One of my Marketmore cucumbers with a close-up of the spikes and the Early Russian on the right |
The squash and peppers are not faring as well - which is not surprising given the dreary summer we've been having. I have one baby squash developing from a plant that I labelled as spaghetti squash, although the fruit looks more like a butternut to me. I also have a few green peppers developing, which may get some colour if this sunny weather keeps up. The jalapenos that I started didn't get any flowers at all this year and all the pepper plants seem quite small to me. This may be in part because of the weather, or because I tried to cram too many plants together, as I tend to do.
I haven't picked anything yet, as I wanted to wait for things to ripen up a little more, but I will post a taste-test update soon!
