sorry...i forgot the camera when i went to civic center this week. i meant to take some pictures of the slow food nation victory garden (large veggie garden) in front of san francisco's city hall, but i forgot to take the darn camera. i'll try for next week. (it's coming along beautifully...and they even have their own little compost pile).

i finally got to spend some time in the garden yesterday. it was like a small getaway vacation for me...this week has been tough on me and i can't wait for the weekend. TGIF, baby!!!!

anyways, i went out there and i took a few pictures so here they are in no real particular order...

my watermelon plants...the fruits are growing very fast. the largest one must weight at least 2 - 3 lbs. it will probably need another week or so, but i can already taste the sweet juicy goodness of that baby. currently i have about 4 watermelons growing noticeably bigger. but i also see more flowers blooming. :-)






i have harvested a few carrots already from that healthy carrot spot near the concord grapes, but here are the ones i harvested yesterday. i am a little disappointed in these because of their awkward shapes. i do have clay soil, but these are danvers half long carrots - they are made to grow in clay soil. i expected these to be much straighter. oh well, a carrot is a carrot. however awkwardly it grows. judging by the diameter of the top of these carrots, they are ready for picking. i'll try to put something together to cook for dinner with these and some other goodies harvested in the garden.


i also harvested a few more cucumbers! this makes my cucumber count go over the 100 level. wow! and i think my cucumber plants are also thinking that its soon time to stop producing. these plants are slowly turning yellowish, although nothing really has changed in my watering schedules. i guess it has to come to an end at some point. even with the zucchinis. i am starting to see some powdery mildew spots on the leaves, which means these plants are no longer at their "peak". i am cutting all the leaves with the spots on them to keep it at bay, but i don't think i will hold on to these plants for much longer...2 - 3 weeks tops.


green beans are starting to become plentiful. they are at various lengths and i found that even if they are showing the bumps of seeds in their pods, they will still grow to the normal size if left on the plant - no matter how big the plant actually is. there are many small ones...i can't wait!


cherry tomatoes and the jalapenos are going strong. the cherry tomato plants look really crazy and wild because of the weight of the tomatoes. i have not tied up the plants to the cages i set for them so they are just sprawling all over the ground. the cherry tomatoes, themselves, just keep producing and producing! they even look like they are getting larger too.

the jalapeno plant is wonderful. it needs very little care, if at all. i water it probably once a week or less and its giving me a lot of peppers. and i didn't realize it was so versatile. i thought it was something used only in salsa but you can add it to just about anything you want where a little (or a lot of) hotness is appreciated. (if you want less heat, just remove the seeds).


the heirloom tomatoes are finally putting out more. starting from the top and going clockwise, i have the yellow Bountiful Harvest grape tomatoes, the 2 "mini" tomatoes (i guess it stands for "miniaturized versions of large heirlooms", and another spitze tomato.


here are the seedlings (in 3 containers) that i planted two weeks ago. they are pretty much ready to be planted in the ground this weekend. and i am looking forward to it! i may even start later today when i get home.

in here there are more beets, broccoli, green beans, soy beans and carrots. i have also added red onions, yellow onions, pac choi (small chinese cabbage), michihili (large chinese cabbage), and spinach (don't tell my husband...he says he doesn't eat spinach, but i think he will eat these. they are called Monnopa spinach and they are known to be much "sweeter" than other spinach. shhhh.....).






here are the plants i planted a few weeks ago in the garden plot assigned especially to the fall veggies...swiss chard, broccoli and beets have been planted here. due to my laziness during planting these veggies from seed, i didn't label them, so i think i may have mixed up the beets with the chard...we'll see what happens. (i did learn my lesson from this!)


here are some of the heirloom tomatoes coming soon...

monte carlo (look! its turning color!!). these are a popular tomato in europe (from what i've read).


roman candle. not sure if this is a yellow variety or a red one. i may just have to pick this yellow one and see. (sorry for the blurriness)


JTD (Cambell soup's tomato). this is an ugly tomato in the making. not sure what went wrong in its development, but you can already tell it will be a scary sight when this gets ripe.