Nothing like getting up the morning after a major thunderstorm and seeing your garden glow in the lovely morning light. I took these photos around 6:45 am on a Saturday. You can see that a smaller stalk of corn is leaning over in the green box--seemingly a casualty of Friday night's storm.
A closer inspection reveals--gasp!--little ears of corn beginning to grow! Look at the silky thingies coming out! Eeeep!
And holy schnikeys! I have a few li'l red grape tomatoes, ready to go! Not enough to make chili in the Crock Pot yet, but enough to chop up and throw on a mini pizza or into a salad.
Still don't have the guts yet to pull up the carrots and see how they're doing (in the circular container), but I think they're close. The lettuce in the two long boxes is still kinda small--wonder if I should thin them? Would that get me bigger/better leaves?
Any day now, my people, we'll be eating our very own produce right from the balcony. In the meantime, reckon I should put on my big girl pants and hit the farmers' market.
3 comments:
Thinning is always good for lettuce. Pinch away. See youse guys Tuesday. Benni's or booze et home?
I was wondering if you were trying lettuce. Mine's taking over my garden, and it's all volunteer from two years ago.
I dunno, maybe thinning might help yours a bit. Nice thing is, you can eat whatever you thin!
I love -- LOVE -- that you're growing corn on a high-rise balcony.
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