sorry dnut no experience with red runner beans - only bush beans and sweet peas here.
Edibles - '09 - Part3
down the path & to the right is the orchard...
Blueberries are ready...
Loganberries...someone has eaten the ripe ones, and the dogs are looking guilty...
'Rescue' pear - come back in another 4-5 weeks for this guy
Kiwi babies
Lots of apples this summer
katye how long did it take to get kiwi fruit? i have 4 vines (3 female - 1 male) in the ground for 3 years and nada.
Several (4-5) years, but these are Kolomiktas, not the deliciosas (fuzzy type).
They are very prolific - I get half, the birds get the rest.
Looks delicious Katye!!!
mmmmmm fresh fruit salad mmmmmm
actually, I graze out there. so do my dogs...
Everything there does look delicious, Katye!
Sorry to hear so many are not having a great growing season, so far. But, I agree, stick in there as it is still plenty of time for things to catch up. Unless you have to start pulling things.
I have not been having any luck with beans, or peas, this year .... but, everything else is going gangbusters!
Here's an updated panorama of the veggie garden.
The squash patch is growing out of control, spreading out onto the paths, up the apple tree, and over the fence into the neighbor's yard. She's happy to get it, as she doesn't have the garden space for squash.
Winter squash, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, Big Max pumpkin, and cantaloupe.
Wide shot of the new veggie garden area where I had to plant left-over seedlings.
1 zucchini, 3 or 4 yellow straight gooseneck summer squash, 4 sungold cherry tomatoes, 6 Sweet 100s cherry tomatoes, 1 Special Turkish (large) tomato, 2 beefmaster tomatoes, 2 early girl tomatoes, 4 piccante calabrese (aka Satan's Kiss) hot peppers, 3 bhut jolokia hot peppers, 6 cantaloupe vines, 5 sunflower Mammoth, and 4 or 5 basil Violette.
Big Max already has a pumpkin on!
Probably 11 or 12 spaghetti squash on the vine already.
Probably 8 or 9 of these forming, so far.
Not sure what kind of Winter Squash this is exactly .....
Anyone have any ideas?
They're growing through the fence for the neighbor.
Not sure which kind of winter squash this is, either.
Hope the neighbor likes this type!
Finally!! I just might be able to get some produce out of my apple tree this year!
Oh, wait! It's just another winter squash.....
And there is plenty of acorn squash plumping up for the fall!
This one is growing in a rather odd shape .... wonder if that means trouble!??!
The summer squash is starting to make a show, finally .... going to have a ton of these, too!
Yellow Straight Gooseneck Summer Squash
Just pulled 11 or 12 zucchini out of here yesterday .... luckily I was able to give most of them away! There are tons more on the way .... hope I can keep up!
A peek under the canopy....
The eggplant are just starting to form .... and still a lot of flowers coming on.
Here is a close up of one of the eggplants forming.
This is Viserba, which is the typical eggplant color, but long and skinny, more like a zucchini form.
I just noticed this evening that the other variety I planted, Lavender Touch, is starting to form its first fruit! (That's the row to the left in the previous photo)
The swiss chard has been a factory of greens .... tons! And still going strong!
The peppers are a bit chewed, but seems like they are the only thing really taking a hit.
They are LOADED with peppers.
These are Tollie's Red Sweet Red Peppers.
Under the canopy .....
Tollies Sweet Red Peppers
Here you can see how tattered they are ....
But, also how loaded with peppers they are
Tollies Sweet Red Peppers
Already posted a shot of the zucchini, which is the next row in the patch, so here is a shot of it from the other view, which also show the next row .... the cucumber patch.
Zucchini 'Black Beauty'
Cucumber Marketmore 76
Cucumber Straight 8
The cukes are almost ready to start pickin'!
The last row in this bed is brussel sprouts
I am not a big fan of them, but I am looking forward to harvesting them this fall!!
Look at 'em all!!
Brussel Sprouts starting to form
I don't know what the deal is with the beans and peas this year!
I have TWO lousy peas up, and MAYbe 6 or 7 beans which are beaten. I think they were eaten at the emergence stage and never re-couped. This weekend I will plant more of each, but in seed trays to transplant when they are big enough not to be eaten.
Not much of a bean bush, is it?
I have a ton of tomatoes everywhere, but none are turning color yet! People to whom I have given the same plants started at the same time have already harvested tomatoes. I think they are not getting as much direct, over-head sunlight as those I have given away .....
Even my next door neighbor has red tomatoes already!
These are Pomodoro Rio Grande (det. Roma) .... Extra Tomatoes I still haven't even planted yet!
Mine are still green yet. I've got green peppers and cukes coming too.