Here we are into August already! My SeedGROW project plants are doing great, especially considering that none were started early indoors.
The 'Garden Babies' lettuce is keeping good company with this cuke....
...and was harvested a couple days ago for the
second time this season.
Very tasty, and eating a salad from home-grown lettuce is the ONLY way to fly as far as I'm concerned!
The basil 'Italian Cameo' seems to enjoy this metal pot, even though I didn't thin the plants as much as I usually would. The plants were so pretty that I hated to disturb them....
....so I harvested the first group only a couple days ago. The flavor is fairly strong, and the fragrance almost reminded me of Holy basil. It tasted great in pasta though, so I'm hoping it bounces back for at least one more good cutting.
As for the 'Summer Splash' marigolds, I can't say enough good things! Very vigorous plants (even here in part shade)....
....and continuous blooms!
Every plant seems to sport a different shape....
....and color-all from the same packet of seeds.
Even this late-transplanted thinning has grown bushy and commenced blooming!
This is shaping up to be the best GROW project yet!
I'm growing with the
SeedGROW project. Thanks to
Renee's Garden for the seeds.
8 comments:
Your plants look great!
Everything looks great, Lisa! Glad you're having a good growing season!
v.
Hi Lisa, I noticed the same color variations in the marigolds, only I only have one pure yellow one. (My post'll be done tomorrow morning.) I do find them very vigorous as well; I have them at the edge of a bed where the soil is very bad and they're huge!
Thanks everyone! I've had a great gardening year depsite the lack of posts...I just use so much online time job searching that I'm afraid to be "censored" by my internet provider if I go over. They all say "unlimited access", but it doesn't mean unlimited usage...y'know?
Your lettuce looks great. Everything seemed to survive our hot, humid weather.
Jen
The plants did better in the hot weather than I did! :)
Everything seems to be growing very well for you. Weird how many variations of the marigold flowers there are.
It's amazing to me that the plants are all reasonably happy despite our hot weather. The marigolds have been heroes for sure!
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