My first June in West Virginia. Hot, wet, and thunderstorms. But what plant growth!
I have never gardened where I am harvesting so early, or enjoyed such growth.
Meanwhile, it is almost 30 degrees cooler daily at our old place. My friends in the PNW are discussing how small their plants are. It is a massive difference for me—no need for a greenhouse in June here.
Yellow Nasturiums.
I grew bush peas to see how they did. They were not big, but were tasty. The early heat did play on them hard. I will try them as a fall crop this year.
Bok Choy will be a fall crop here. It grew from seed well, but went to seed quickly. At the same time, free seed isn’t a bad thing. Again, fall crop shall be tried.
Orange Nasturiums.
Green Bell Peppers forming in early June.
Picking zucchini in mid-June.
June 10th.
Cucumbers growing up, and putting on babies.
First harvest of tomatoes in mid-June.
The “heat dome” that hit the East Coast last week was real – it reached at least 99°F for 6 days straight. We did early morning deep watering every day, to keep things alive. This weekend, the thunderstorms returned and dumped deep rain. The herb plants all took off and doubled to quadrupled in size in a blink.
The harvesting made it worthwhile, though.
We are basically out of last year’s drought, which is a good thing. The heavy rains in June protected crops across multiple states from the heat wave.
But you don’t weed midday here.
We shall see how hot July is here….
~Sarah