Gould Garden Revisited

The veggies in our garden are growing well. Here's an update on what's been going on:


We have 3 big banana peppers almost ready to be picked and used on pita sandwiches or pesto pizza.

banana peppers

Our basil is still going strong--we've gotten 4 batches of pesto made (3 cups of basil used for each) and lots has been used in marinades and salads, like the panzanella salad that I made last week--so good!


While the regular tomatoes are still pretty small, our grape tomatoes are ripening quickly. In fact, most barely make it inside the house since I tend to pick and eat them as a snack while I am watering them. Ella enjoys locating the "baby tomatoes" and pointing them out. She says "They're so cute!"

grape tomatoes...ripe for eating!

Ella checking on the tomatoes' progress

As I learned soon after planting a couple of cucumber plants on the side of the house, they are spreading wildly. We have tons of yellow flowers, but I didn't think they were going to grow into cucumbers until Rob and I found this yesterday when checking underneath a mass of thick, rough leaves:

Ella putting mulch around her cucumber


first cucumber!


start of another cucumber


the spreading cucumber "patch"

We realized we had a huge cucumber under there, a few medium sized ones, and lots of little sprouts of cucumbers--very exciting when I was expecting none! I think we'll have a lot of cucumbers at once, so I am going to be checking my cookbook for some good recipes (or hoping to trade some for a few of our neighbors' summer squash).