Upcoming Projects - Expanding & Maintaining

1. Potato Box -

• Only pictures would truly paint the picture of how much this has really become needed. The potato plants are currently the tallest free-standing plants in the box, probably about 3ft tall. All of the research says that they need to be mounded and mulched for best possible yield, which should also keep them from falling over as they're starting to lean. I had to move a few of the plants around and was somewhat dissapointed to see the absence of potatoes. There are flowers on the tallest plants though, so it shouldn't be too long.

2. Wire trellis to support cantaloupe & cucumbers

• The cantaloupe patch has started to take over the neighboring beans and a few blog sites seem to suggest that I can grow them up. They also say that a 'hammock' will be needed to support the fruit. That strikes me as somewhat funny, but oh well. There are male flowers all over the cucumber and one female that has just opened. Hoping for fruit very soon. :) 

3. Remove several squash plants into pots (ie. washtubs with dirt)

• The squash has also overtaken their patch. I obviously planted too many plants in that space. Mistake that won't be made again. Gonna move at least 2 plants out to give enough room for pollination. Only 1 female flower on 6 plants so far..hoping for more.  

4. Other notes

• Will have to try spinach/lettuce again in the fall, since it didn't seem to work well. I'll also try this again with seedtape, since spacing was an issue and they didn't transplant well.

• Peas are amazing and growing like weeds. About 10 pea pods in total in both collective patches. Bush beans have gotten pretty tall and corn is probably about 3-4 feet too. Onion greens are doing well & herbs are flourishing. Chamomile will have to chopped back, because it's so tall it's falling over. Pruned tomatoes and going to try a new 'basketweaving' staking method to support their height. They must be indeterminate, as they are also huge & still growing. Peppers will also have to staked; one large yellow banana pepper (the only one so far) has nearly toppled the poor plant. So proud of my little box thus far. :)