let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-26

[StoneCarver]

One of my blue berry bushes. I have about 6 bushes. I had 8 but two died back to the roots and are send up new shoots this year.
They blue berries have been doing really well this year. I estimate that I've picked about 20 pounds so far.

 

[deluxestogie]

Yesterday, I harvested the first (and only) veggie from my garden this year. A single, ripe tomato. For lunch today, I made a tomato sandwich (on toast, with mayo). A first tomato sandwich of the summer is always a significant event, something like an equinox. For me, it is a distinctive symbol of summer.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

New veggie garden at the new house in San Antonio. Beans, squash, and pumpkins.

 

[deluxestogie]

I cut-up a fresh, refrigerated tomato (home-grown Big Beef) last night, for dinner. After rinsing the cutting board, I failed to empty the screen trap. This morning, tomato seeds had germinated in the screen.

On the underside of the screen, several roots extended over 2 inches downward.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

Below, you can see the entirety of my Okra crop for 2026.

Bob

 

[Wombat_smokes]

That's about what I get growing Clemson Spineless here in Utah. It's too arid, according to my South Carolina Grandad.

 

[GreenDragon]

Update on the new garden. It’s doubled in size now (4 beds, two are fallow waiting on our order of fall garlic and onion bulbs). I installed four drip hoses and a wireless manifold to keep things watered. It’s hidden under that mini deck to keep things looking neat. Hung some cattle panels on the fence for vining crops. Currently have some cucumbers and purple hyacinth vines growing now. Saw my first female cucumber flower this morning! Also, the honey bees have finally found the garden. Up till now it’s been all native bees and wasps doing the heavy lifting.

We knew it would be challenging getting the first crops going with only two inches of soil so we bought a lot of compost and “garden soil”. Unfortunately everything they are selling now has about 50% raw shredded wood in it. As this breaks down it binds all the nitrogen and minerals keeping it from the plants. We’ve been having to heavily fertilize frequently to keep the plants happy.

Okra, squash, pumpkins, bush and vine beans, sunflowers, tomatoes, and one corn stalk.

 

[FantomBadger]

I really enjoy cabbage and I must say this year’s Savoys were an absolute treat. Tomatoes, peppers and chillies are mostly perennial here in Zambia as I don’t get frost and minimum temps don’t really drop below 8°C.

All these were taken over the last few months in my garden.



Going to miss all the space once we move, but at least we are leaving the new tenants with a large and healthy veg garden and they are the kind of people that will find joy out of it. I might dab in hydroponics once we’ve moved, depending on space.