Sorry for not posting recently, I have been very busy over the last month. The garden has been growing pretty well, despite the very dry conditions. The garden did receive some much needed rain over the last few days. Before that, the garden was being watered well about every week. The early August planted seedlings of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kohlrabi, and lettuce are growing nicely now. The mid-spring planted brussels sprouts (variety Jade Cross) suffered badly from lack of water (due to gardener neglect), but they have now rebounded nicely, with many medium sized sprouts observed on most of the plants. They also had a pretty severe infestation of white flies and aphids, which, I think, has been rectified with a few applications of insecticidal soap. I sowed a few small rows of lettuce seeds in mid-July and they have grown well. I did have to keep them well watered and covered with shade netting during the real hot days, which helped them quit a bit. I have been harvesting some lettuce from this planting over the last few weeks now. The July sown green beans are doing well and harvest will begin on one of the plots today. The other bean plot is a few weeks behind the other, but the beans are starting to flower now, so it will not be long before harvest begins on those. I am hopeful to have enough green beans to pressure can another 5 or 6 quarts. Despite the early blight on the Roma tomatoes, the plants produced enough for me to can 6 quarts of tomatoes and make some salsa. I still have a few tomatoes on the plants to enjoy fresh on salads. The celery is still producing a small harvest, despite the celery plants experiencing celery anthracnose disease. The jalapeno and the hot banana peppers are still producing nicely. I have also been able to harvest a decent amount of ancho poblano peppers over the last month. The July sown Scarlet Nantes carrots are staring to get bigger. Since the weather has cooled a bit, I might sow some radish seeds within the next few days. It is hard to believe, but the average first frost for Central Indiana is only about 5 or 6 weeks away.

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