July 5, 2014 - Early July Update

Helper dog is helping.

Lots of fruit that are almost ready.  Several of the fruit have rotting ends too - I'm not sure why.

 Eggplant are the biggest I've ever grown. I finally might be able to get a meaningful eggplant this year.  I've tried for 3 years now and I have never harvested an eggplant larger than an egg.

Lots of tomatoes coming in.  Pics towards the bottom.

 Tomatoes all around are looking good.  I've trimmed up the lower branches to increase the airflow - it was getting way too dense down there.  Some of the trimmed branches showed signs of yellowing/browning.

 The basil are not liking the hot weather, especially the purple basil which is all but dead.

The best crop of bell peppers I've ever had.  

Beans are all healthy.  The bush bean are all but  over taken by the pole beans.

The cucumbers might have to get trimmed, they've left the trellis and are now taking over the path. I picked seven of them this afternoon.

That Hades Hot plant is insane.  There has to be 50 peppers on there.  The rest are growing just fine too.

An here are some shots of the individual tomato varieties...

Polverini Tomatoes

The first hints of red on the Polverinis

The Goldies are getting big

The unripe Indigo Rose tomatoes on the vine

Here are the first two ripe Indigo Rose tomatoes

Green Zebras

 I think these are Black Krims