July Garden

July has been a tough month for gardening. Very hot temperatures and days of unhealthy wildfire smoke have limited the work I've been able to do. The garden is a weedy mess. I'm hoping for better days ahead. As long as I put enough time into it, it's not that hard to maintain a clean garden and do the tasks that need to be done.

More woes: a juvenile opossum got into the corn, and I've lost a considerable portion. I trapped him and released him on the other side of the property. He hasn't found his way back yet. 

Sweet potatoes are doing great (as are the regular spuds). We harvested the garlic, but I haven't planted green beans in that bed yet. I normally plant beans the day after I've harvested garlic, so I'll be late on that task. 

The Cipollini onions are ready to harvest. The red and yellow onions behind them will last another week or so before it's their turn. 

Here's what's left of the peas. Just a few purple dry peas left to harvest, then everything gets ripped out. 

We're finally getting some tomatoes. The plants are loaded with fruit and are in good shape. A bountiful harvest is expected.

Lots of flowering pollinators in the herb area. The oregano really gets loaded with bees, wasps, and flies. 

We'll have a huge cilantro seed harvest. 

My garden work list is way too long, but I don't feel overwhelmed (yet).