July In The Garden

I'm clearing out, cleaning up and planting again. Yep, I'm planting another garden. Our first frost is about Nov. 15th, so we have just over 4 months to get a second crop in. The summer heat will help the plants germinate quickly. By the time the plants are ready to fruit, it should be cooler, which will help with better production.

All of the green and yellow wax beans are gone and I've planted three Roma tomato plants in their place. We've had fresh tomatoes until Thanksgiving before, so I'm hoping the new tomato plants will help with that goal.

The squash bugs were getting pretty bad, so all of my zucchini plants are gone. Now it's time for some new varieties of beans that I want to learn more about, cantaloupe and pumpkins. When this garden is done in October/November, we'll start working on the winter garden.

This year-round garden/harvest project has been a great learning experience so far.