Last month I was worrying that my garden wasn’t doing as well as last year since the weather had been unsually cold for the Bay Area. But after taking some pictures today and comparing them to last year’s, I was amazed at how similar the garden is. After all that cold weather everything seems to have caught up to about where it was last year. But this year we have a new garden member: actual kiwi fruit on the vines!
I planted the vines three years ago and have patiently waited, and this year it finally happened. Last year, having almost given up on them, I went to the nursery where I had purchased the vines and asked whether I really had a male and female plant. The lady behind the counter reassured me: “It takes three to four years before kiwi bear fruit”. Well, she was right! The fruit finally showed up this year and lots of them!
I’m happy to see my vegetables in such good shape. I’ve been tending them all by myself this past month since my parents are vacationing in Calabria. I have just a few more weeks on my own and then I will get lots of help with watering, tying and pruning those tomatoes. Take a look at last year post, so you’ll know how to remove the suckers from the tomato plants.
The Romano beans are up to the top of their wood poles, loaded with flowers and tiny beans which I’ll soon pick. The zucchini plants have started producing flowers and zucchini.
The tomatoes are up to the same level as last year
and the peppers and eggplants are doing just as well.
I think my parents will be happy with the results!
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Beautiful!
Question: Do you have a problem with your zucchini plants not getting enough air flow on the bottom?
Yours look to be planted as close as mine are but I had a problem with air flow and trapped moisture. Hence my zuch’s got a mold that drastically reduced their production. Have you had this problem ever?
Of course, you live in California and I am in Texas. It doesn’t rain as much there does it?
Your kiwi’s are gorgeous! I would love to try kiwi sometime : )
Oh to be vacationing in our homeland right now, I am so envious of your parents : )
Spectacular bean plants! I’m trying to see if my plum tomatoes amount to much in my backyard. My grandparents were from Catanzaro (my last name is from the town “Magisano”.
Looks Beautiful!! What a fun kiwi plant- I had never seen a kiwi vine before. You’re very lucky to live in a climate that allows for fruit trees
Nice arrangements there. I really wanted a well-arranged garden like this long before. I also want to plant peppers and tomatoes. Well as for peppers, I am really a “hot and spicy” addicted person. So peppers would be my first seedlings to plant on my soil beds. Thanks for sharing this one. Would love to check out this blog from time to time.