{"id":1030,"date":"2008-09-14T03:23:06","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T07:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2010-10-30T18:12:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T22:12:16","slug":"mixed-results-for-my-veggie-growing-efforts-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/09\/14\/mixed-results-for-my-veggie-growing-efforts-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed results for my veggie growing efforts this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you grow any vegetables in your garden?  I do &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_inpost_250x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3539326774\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Yeah, I know, I&#8217;m always talking about my flowers and other plants and I barely ever mention the fact that I also try to grow vegetables in my garden, amid all of the flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Each year without fail I grow tomatoes (I experiment with different kinds each year this year it was Early Girl, Glam and Tiny Toms), cucumbers, beans, peas, romaine and a variety of lettuces or mescalin mix.<\/p>\n<p>My tomatoes did quite well this year, much better than the last few years anyway. Perhaps that was because I grew varieties that matured earlier. I just love home grown tomatoes. Yum.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"tiny tom tomatoes by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2791711867\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tiny Tom Tomatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3176\/2791711867_dd5e2dcd8a.jpg\" alt=\"tiny tom tomatoes\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiny Tom Tomatoes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately though, my Tiny Tom Tomatoes, Cucumbers and beans didn&#8217;t do as well.  I grow them in containers on the patio close to the back of the house. I guess I thought that with all of the rain this year that the plants were getting enough water &#8230; guess again &#8230; they grew very slowly and I think it was because they were too dry overall.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>My cucumbers did the worst!  They only just started producing tiny cucumbers about two weeks ago! Here&#8217;s a tiny one as proof:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"tiny cucumber by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2792564810\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tiny Cucumber\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3107\/2792564810_1516015497.jpg\" alt=\"tiny cucumber\" width=\"450\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiny Cucumber<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If I&#8217;d paid more attention and didn&#8217;t just assume that the all of the areas of the garden were getting enough water thanks to all the rain we had this summer then I think my cucumbers and beans would have done a lot better.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I learned a lesson this year. Even if it&#8217;s rained, always go out and check the soil to see if it really is moist.  Plants growing near the house or under the eaves just might not be getting any water at all!<\/p>\n<p>I hope your veggies did better than mine did this summer.<\/p>\n<p>We are going to get the remnants of Hurricane Ike all day today.  We are expecting a lot of rain. I mean the kind that causes flooding &#8230; and flooded basements! Our basements always been dry, but this might be the test!  Hope my home and garden survive all the water we&#8217;re about to have dumped on us!<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">As the Garden Grows<\/a> for more information. 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