July 10, 2010

Happy tomato


sweet sugar snap peas
My container onions finally ripened. They didn't get super big but the tops fell over. I used them already. Yummy!

mmmm hot peppers, It's neat that my little plant can grow a pepper as long as the plant! I love it! The pepper turns red and fiery hot. I picked a small green one and chopped it up in the spaghetti sauce, it has a mild hot tasty flavor.

Cauliflower

Ground garden July 1st

This is my small outdoor ground garden.
I'm growing peppers, onion, garlic, cucumber, cauliflower, lettuce, squash, eggplant, watermelon, pumpkin, oregano, basil, cilantro, and thyme.

Aeroponic Veggie Garden ~ July 1 2010

The tomato plant measures 27 inches! It's grown a foot in 10 days. I'm probably too overly excited and amazed by this, but it seems unreal how quickly they grow. It's still a foot taller than its outside sister.
Cauliflower

The roots are getting so long. I'm surprised they haven't wrapped around my fountain pump.

container garden July 1 2010

The cherry tomato plant measures fifteen inches! On June 21 it measured seven and a half inches. So it's double in height in ten days.

If you look really close you can see a small baby Roma tomato growing. I thought I was going to lose this plant for sure but it's really taken off this last week.

The first flower!! I planted these flowers at the same time from seed. It's funny how it took the same amount of time for the little flower to bloom as it did for the sunflower to grow so tall. I planted these flowers early April. The prolonged rainy cold weather really slowed all the growing.

Tiny but pretty! I don't remember what kind of flower it is. I should have kept all the seed packets. I know I planted sunflowers, poppys, and a butterfly mix. I hope more start bloom!

mmmm...almost ready

Sugar snap peas June 28 2010

My peas are growing so tall and finally getting little pea pods. I love fresh snap peas.

Aeroponic Veggie Garden ~ June 29 2010

My cucumber flowered!

I can't wait to eat a hydroponic strawberry!

I added the car window shade to the outside of the tub to hopefully help the nutrient solution from getting too warm. I'm not sure if it will work but I don't see why it wouldn't help. It's insulation coated with mylar. I've also been placing a frozen water bottle in the tub during the afternoon hours.

Plus the reflective mylar gives it a futuristic look.

Such a fantastic rewarding hobby!