The year started with plenty of precipitation and then a drought settled-over the land for more than a month. What managed to germinate at the second and third sowing withered and died for lack of a drink. Let's face it, well water from my aquifer is a poor substitute for the stuff God distributes from the sky. Things were looking grim until regular rains returned by the end of July. We're still behind in the the seasonal growing period with a net shortfall but we've harvested green beans, cukes, sweet peppers and plenty of basil for brick oven pizzas.
Just the other day there was this: Real San Marzano tomatoes along with big beefy beefsteak fruit and sweet yellow cherry-size tomatoes for daily snacking. I'll likely have sufficient tomatoes to can for both pizza sauce and juice.
And sweet Northstar peppers too.
Check out this melon
It's been a rough year; nevertheless, sometimes you can delightfully turn the corner. There are Kakai seed pumpkins growing on the vine along with a couple of rows of yummy-looking leeks. Cukes are still producing.
Vive le Jardin Magnifique!
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