Garden update & harvest 8/6-8/15

 8/6/2012 - harvest - Swiss chard, purple beans and 3 more cucumbers

8/6/2012 -  my first purple bean harvest:) They turn green when you cook them!

8/7/2012 - A watermelon growing in my front fence...took about 10 minutes to un-weave it safely onto the ground! Along with another one you can see below it next to a bloomed chamomile flower

8/7/2012 -  and here they are safe and sound growing on the ground:)

 8/7/2012 -some thyme growing

8/7/2012 - more watermelon

8/7/2012 -  the king of my garden ^_^ Soo excited about this giant watermelon! Still growing

8/7/2012 -  a rescued watermelon that is doing well "off" the fence

8/7/2012 -  Tomatillo pods growing well

8/7/2012 -  I didn't know if these would bloom! But the Calendula finally bloomed

 8/7/2012 - I think I had planted different varieties...the ones that were slow to bloom are a lot bigger!

8/7/2012 -these marigolds look quite similar to the calendula but are very different

8/7/2012 -  Out of all the rows of lettuce in the sun only one grew! in spite of planting several seeds per spot (so I started them indoors)

8/7/2012 -  harvest - collard greens, cherry tomato, cucumber and some chamomile for tea (because i had to take out 2 plants to make room for my wandering watermelon

8/7/2012 -  Sad Sad...my 3rd casualty due to my fence...this time the wind bend my fence over backwards ripping the watermelon off its vine

8/7/2012 -  Unfortunately watermelon don't ripen off the vine...so I decided to take it home and use what I could as a water base for a smoothie...not super sweet but still nutritious liquid!

 8/7/2012 - It weighed 14.2 lbs

8/7/2012 - Harvest - cherry tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, purple beans, dino kale, red russian kale, cucumbers and the watermelon

8/11/2012 - As i watered my garden early this day I got a glimpse of my zucchini flowers bloomed and a busy bee inside it

8/11/2012 -  Peppers getting larger

8/11/2012 - And some developing on the other plant too

8/11/2012 - Harvest - just a few tomatoes, cucumber, collard greens and Red Russian kale

8/15/2012 -  This tomato is getting huge

8/15/2012 - harvest - cherry tomatoes (so sweet!) collard greens, dino kale (with some baby dino kale from a plant to removed), zucchini, cucumber, purple beans and Red Russian kale. 

8/15/2012 - This chocolate cherry tomato plant is huge...I need a bigger and taller cage!

8/15/2012 - In just a few days the peppers got a lot bigger and slightly starting to lighten up:)

8/15/2012 - can't wait for them:) They should turn red

8/15/2012 - Found this tomatillo on the ground...so decided to open it up to see how it grows...I guess it develops an airy pod where the fruit starts to grow:)