We’re under a severe heat advisory this week and it’s a delicate balance keeping our plants and myself from wilting, but some of our Musk Mallow (Malva alcea unless I’m mistaken) is blooming and they’re lovely
What’s growing on with you all?
My first cucumbers are almost ready to pick, and I’ve been pollenating squash flowers like every other day.
Another angle on my garden featuring the prolific pumpkin vine and the sunflower patch -
My AC is struggling a bit to keep up with the heatwave in New England as well, but the garden and I are surviving!
In Germany we’re having the coldest June in years. We would gladly take some of your heat 🥲
Everything is growimg painfully slowly. I’m worried that melons and watermelons won’t ripen in time.
That’s awesome! Our squashes are getting bigger but no flowers yet. Hope you’re staying cool and hydrated today, friend
We are going to move from our apartment to a lovely house in August. I’m looking forward to the new place. it’s gonna be awesome for the family and me, but it means giving up my backyard garden in the middle of the season.
I have many plants in containers so it’s not like I’ll lose everything, but the move has a bittersweet note.
Hey, congratulations! And some condolences for the plants you’ll have to leave mid season, that’s a tough row to hoe. Are there plants you could reasonably take cuttings from to get a leg up at the new place and keep some of your favorites?
I’m thinking I’ll leave the plants in the beds for the next tenants to enjoy. They’ll be able to harvest the squash, tomatoes and physalis I planted. Apart from the strawberries it’s all annuals which I can start from seed again next season so it doesn’t hurt that much :)
And I have plenty of tomatoes, cukes, melons and other plants in pots so it’s not like the season is lost altogether. All in all I’ll be fine even if the season is cut short for most of my garden.
I think that’s a really incredible gesture on your part <3
And I’m glad you’ll still be able to bring that much with you even after being so thoughtful and generous
Southern balcony gardener reporting in with mostly-positive results! Some of the plants I grew from seed are doing well, including my kale, micogreens, sunflowers, catnip, and even a few pumpkins! The kale and microgreens are looking great, though I need to harvest more to prevent crowding (right?), so I’ve actually started to add the microgreens into my lunches! I think I’ll make a baby kale salad today as well.
Unfortunately, I’ve lost most of the pumpkin sprouts due to this heat and my own inexperience, but(!) I never had high hopes for container pumpkins on a balcony in the South. It’s just a fun thing to try, and maybe the few I have will flower again and let me help pollinate.
That brings me to my real passion, peppers! My cayennes have been doing swimmingly, and I’ve been able to harvest enough for wife to make our own brand of hot sauce. It’s pretty cool seeing a finished product this early in the summer! I’m excited for more to come in, especially my jalapenos and ghost peppers so we can make it kick a little harder. I actually found a hot dragon roll pepper that had ripened way sooner than expected, and Bees, I am happy to report that a glass of milk was almost necessary to help with the heat!
That’s it for now :) here’s a picture of a sunflower that I grew.
Much love to y’all <3
We lost a few winter squash in this recent heat wave in the northeast, I sympathize and echo your hope for some fresh growth!
And as someone with a rocky history of growing peppers and who has a spouse that can’t handle spice much at all, I’m super glad you’re having a great time of it and will be enjoying peppers vicariously through you <3