Runaway October

Remem­ber the planter boxes my oh so accom­mo­dat­ing hus­band built for me? These guys?

And that this is what they looked like when I planted them?

Wanna guess what they look like now? No, really. Think about it.

This is Ari­zona, it’s hot. And as much as I hate to admit it, gar­den­ing is a never-ending ‘craft’. You can’t just plant it and for­get about it, like you can with most of the crafts I do. I’m not so great at ongo­ing projects.

Which is why I’m quite tick­led (and slightly over­whelmed) that they now look like this:

April 23^rd, Box 1

Notice how they’re still pretty much within their beds and you can sort of see all the indi­vid­ual plants.

April 23^rd, Box 2

Yeah.

Not any­more.

May7th

It’s a jungle.

Which is awe­some, but Holey Moley.

How am I ever going to tame this thing?

I’m really hop­ing that we’ll get some veg­gies off of it before the heat makes them go dormant.

Also think­ing about putting some kind of shade over it.

I learned awhile back that if the night temps don’t get low enough, it doesn’t mat­ter what I do, the toma­toes will stop fruit­ing, so hurry hurry lit­tle tomatoes.

Heir­loom Brandy­wine Tomatoes

Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes

Roma Toma­toes, pos­si­bly. Hard to tell in there.

Jalapeño

Crook­neck Squash

Green Bush Beans

The cucum­bers and hon­ey­dew are com­ing along nicely.

We picked some radishes the other night. I think they were crowded.

And there’s lot of herbs too. Cilantro, Dill, Lemon Thyme, Spearmint, Ste­via, Choco­late Basil, Choco­late Mint (I can never seem to pass up all the choco­late ones).

There’s car­rots buried in there too.

Maybe next year, I wont pack in so many toma­toes.

How does your gar­den grow this year?

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