Zone 3 catching up!

[Wulfespirit]

Took a few photos tonight... and yes I'm well aware you're all way ahead of me.. but I'm in zone 3 (on a good year!).

I have about 50 bushes that look just like this - need to do something about it this week!



Cabbages are hidden amongst beans and buckwheat and it looks like over the past week some moths have finally found a few of the plants. Hopefully the heads mature before damage gets too crazy.



With the last several weeks of heat and sun my tomatoes have become quite the jungle many of the bushes 5 feet tall and just as wide. Need to start pruning/topping/suckering pronto.



A few blushers..





The moths have yet to touch any of my kale this year... the below plant is growing amidst beans and chard while the next one is the largest patch I planted (surrounded by carrots and chard).





Peppers are doing alright.. neither great nor poor, I'll be harvesting some greens soon for various soups and stir fries.





Chard's been doing great. I've been making chard burritos with the large leaves regularly (yum).



Some random lettuce, squash, and onion...

[KarenO]

Great garden! You can't be far from me

what type of tomatoes are those?
karenO

[yardn_gardn]

Just fabulous. Thanks for sharing.

[Wulfespirit]

Bet we're super close, Karen.. I'm a few minutes away from Stony Plain.

The cherry toms are Golden Treasure and the big guy is Sakharnyi Pudovichok (thanks to Tanya for that one). How's your garden doing?

[KarenO]

Well there you go. St. Albert here. And it is a banner year in my garden so far. Heat and rain and dodging the hail so far knock on wood. Nice to meet you. Keep posting
KarenO

[salix]

Lovely garden - it is just at about the same stage as mine. Didn't see a single cabbage butterfly until I took off the Reemay cover in July, now they're everywhere. Got most of the broccoli and cauliflower processed already, so that's alright. The cabbage can handle it - have you noticed that red cabbage doesn't seem to suffer from their attentions?

[KarenO]

I totally agree about the red cabbage Salix. I was being fancy one year and planted red and green cabbage alternating in a row. the green cabbages were ruined and the red were completely untouched. The butterflies must know their babies are green and want them to have the camouflage of the green cabbage. I find they tend to leave kale alone for the most part as well.
Karen

[Wulfespirit]

Originally Posted by salix

Lovely garden - it is just at about the same stage as mine. Didn't see a single cabbage butterfly until I took off the Reemay cover in July, now they're everywhere. Got most of the broccoli and cauliflower processed already, so that's alright. The cabbage can handle it - have you noticed that red cabbage doesn't seem to suffer from their attentions?

Thanks!

I hear you. My broccoli looks about the same as the cabbage - attacked but not massacred. Was a little late getting it into the ground.. I'd say the heads are still at least a week away from being harvestable. Didn't see any cabbage moths until recently as well... (whereas in past years they were all over whatever they found).

Took the approach of spreading my brassica plantings widely over my land this year and so far so good - the first year I moved here my kale was a bunch of long, bare stems at this time.

[peppero]

Pictures like those are always inspiring. Keep them coming.

jon

[taboule]

Nice garden, nice pics. Bravo.