Update June 16, 2009

Yikes! It has been almost a week since my last post. There has been a tremendous amount of growth in some areas, and dissapointment in others. Here's the lastest:
Potatoes: One row is growing insanely fast and I need more soil to mound it up. Are potatoes growing in there if there have been no flowers yet? It is hard to follow the growth process when everything is happening underground!
Greens: Mesclun is almost ready for thinning and a yummy (but small) salad. The other two rows of lettuce are growing very slowly. The spinach is a disappointment. I think we got six plants out of an entire 6’ row – must be we planted it too late. Friends of ours have been eating spinach for weeks. We will replant in August I guess. Swiss Chard is coming along.
Beans: Interestingly, the row of yellow bush beans did extremely well and the others, both green bush and pole came up sporadically, then something ate the top. I am sure that it was not rabbits or other rodents – the lettuce and carrots are still intact. What does this? In any case, we replanted in the dead spots over the weekend.
Peppers and Eggplant: While we now have a handful of baby hot peppers growing, the bell peppers are not even flowering. Many of the pepper leaves have a yellow hue or purple variegated leaves. I am hesitant to feed them with something (I try to be somewhat organic), but I want them to produce. What do they need? The eggplant have recovered from the destruction a few weeks ago, but they haven’t done anything to speak of.
Squash and Cucumbers: All have sprouted. Waiting for true leaves.
Onions, Carrots, Broccoli: All coming along nicely! Slowly but surely.
Peas: When do these flower and where should I be looking for the flower? They are up to my knees.
Herbs: Strangely, none of the three different types of basil that I planted have come up. It has been about two weeks I think! I will have to replant those. The cilantro I planted last Thursday has already sprouted! The bush basil is flowering (so early!) and the potted herbs are growing nicely. One of my goals for this year is to actually USE the herbs, dry them properly and store them or give them away.
Beets: Last year, the beets were arguably our best producer. This year, the two rows are sparse and sad. We replanted in the dead spots. Kevin thinks that we need to pay more attention to where we buy our seeds, and also thinks that we just need to jam the whole seed packet into the row.
Tomatoes: Are Flowering. According to another blog, the rule of thumb is 30 days from flower to fruit. I don’t quite think we will have tomatoes by July 15th, but hopefully soon after!