Gardening & Composting

We finished construction of a new raised garden May 1st using our own specially curated compost and fully organic worms!! Planted tomatoes, green beans, carrots, green pepper, purple pepper, cucumber, zucchini, and parsley!!! We are now 1-month after planting and I am going to provide updated photos. The garden has really taken off and the amount of growth over 1-month is amazing. Cucumber and zucchini especially are becoming quite large. Expecting to see initial harvesting over the next 30 days or less for some of the vegetables.

Flowering mint, pineapple guava, persimmon, apples, mustard greens, green onions, Swiss chard, bok choy, celery, kale, okra

We are growing tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, corns, peppers, eggplants, potatoes, squash, lettuce and various herbs in the raised beds.

Tomatoes and herbs.

I’m fairly new to the gardening world but I am enjoying my garden so much this year, and have already been able to share my lettuce with neighbors! I’m growing tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, yellow squash (from Campbell FFA), purple bell pepper, ancho chili (from Campbell FFA) and several different kinds of basil. I’m most excited about my tomatoes though, they are from Wild Boar Farms! One of my sons is friends with Brad, the owner.

The only edible I’m growing so far is red onion, with four “starts” from an onion that had sprouted before it was used. The onion was at a friend’s house and she was going to throw it out, so I took it and started the four new onions that were growing within.

Artichokes – have eaten 15 and given away 10 this season so far!
Tomatoes – 10 plants
Beans/peas
Herbs
Chard/kale
Cucumbers – already eaten 5
Zucchini
Pumpkins

Cherry and beefsteak tomatoes, strawberries, kumquats, Cara Cara oranges, Meyer lemons, limes, spicy peppers.

I grow a lot of fruit and vegetables, so I’ll just highlight a few new ones that I’m trying this year.

1. Gogi berry plants
A few months ago someone gave me a red gogi berry plant. At a recent garden share I picked up a few black gogi berry starters. The red gogi berry is doing really well, and is starting to flower.

2. Japanese Pumpkins
I’m trying three varieties of Japanese pumpkins (kabocha):
– Kogiku
– Blue Kuri
– Hokkorii 133

Looking forward to see which grows the best.

Tomatoes, mint, yellow pepper.

We are growing lots of jalapenos, sweet Italian peppers, okra, and basil.

I am growing my own food that includes pomegranate, tomatoes, celery, special Vietnamese herbs like Vietnamese coriander, Vietnamese cilantro, Shiso leaves.  I am also allowing my lettuce to go into seeds so I don’t have to rely on others for our daily salad consumption.

We are growing 3 varieties of tomatoes, strawberries, mint, zucchini, pumpkin , basil, chives, parsley, oregano, thyme, sage. We’d really like to grow kale but haven’t had any luck finding any at the nursery.

We are growing a ton of things! Tomatoes, olallieberries, Armenian cucmbers, Padron peppers, lemons, limes, satsumas, kiwi, apples, pears, passion fruit, sorrel, lettuces, basil, German chamomile, echinacea, edible flowers like borage and violets, thyme, rosemary, sage and 4 kinds of mint.

Herbs: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme, Tarragon, Cilantro, Oregano, Basil, Mint and Chives.
Blueberries
Raspberries
Shishito Peppers
Various tomatoes

We got free compost from the city. We are growing tomatoes, zucchini, mint, cilantro, kale, jalapenos, okra, basil.