Assorted Update

More peas are growing, I've harvested about a dozen now. I'm saving some on the vines now for using in stir frys along with the asian greens. I will have to pull out the pea plants towards the end of June, and I'm sure it won't be easy. They will still have a lot of life in them, but they need to make way for summer vegs.

Fava beans are continuing to develop, I just hope they hurry it up before it gets too hot in July.

Tomato plants are coming along. The Hawaiian Currant made the transition well and is beginning to grow up. The Green Zebra plant still has not recovered from when I hacked away the yellowing leaves. Its leaves are somwhat wrapped up, as if it is trying to protect itself, and it hasn't been growing. Much of this is probably to do with the fact that I had to remove all but one growing tip. I am hoping some suckers grow soon so I can get a couple vines going. I would be surprised if the Green Zebra didn't make it through this, but it's a slow recovery. Most of the other plants have flowers and many have little green tomatoes. The Sun Gold and the Black Plum both are tied for best growing plants. I am curious to see which ripens first, though they both have plenty of green fruits and neither seems to show any interest in changing color yet. With Black Plum doing so well again this year, I suspect it will yet again be my favorite tomato.

I went to Armstrong Nursery again this past week and picked up a couple more herbs (Lemon Verbena, cinnamon basil, among others), a cucumber plant, an eggplant, a 15 lb bag of E.B. Stone all purpose fertilizer, Sluggo, and neem oil. I also picked up a packet of lime basil seeds, which I'd never seen before.

With my new supplies, I fertilized/Sluggoed/neemed the tomato bed. The neem oil has a snazzy hose nozzle attachment that dilutes as spray, so I got a little excited and neemed the other plant bed too. Hopefully the sluggo and neem will keep my poor little pepper plants from getting eaten. Almost all of them are getting munched, except for the Dulcettas. They seem to be immune.

I also planted marigolds and chandler strawberries in the other plant bed....this chore is LONG overdue.