Promise Garden: July 2013

Summer is finally here with temps in the mid 90's all week which is very hot and humid for the Oregon central valley this early in the season. The good side of the heat is that the garden loves the sun and is growing fast. I have been harvesting peas, peas and more yummy peas, good thing I like peas! The grow house is done and the aquaponic beds are coming along. With a late start many of the plants are still very small but it won't take long for them to catch up. I see the garden every day so I don't realize how much things grow until I see the pics from the last update, this time of the year there is a big difference.

Today I harvested the first potato bags, a little early so many were small but I wanted to move the bags and the only way was to harvest. I am happy with the outcome, 10.25 lbs of Kenebec potatoes from one 3lb bag seed potatoes. Considering how they started out...a bag of rather wrinkled cheap seed potatoes from Walmart I would say my self watered potato grow bag experiment was a success. No watering, no weeding and very easy to harvest.

Grow House frame and roof is finished and is now completely enclosed with wildlife fencing. No more racoons, squirrels or deer!

A few of the Aquaponic grow beds are in and growing, more to come but it will probably have to wait until the end of the summer when the veggies now growing are out of the way.