My Summer Garden is Growing

Do you remember those cute little seedlings that I had grown from saved seeds in a flat that I took a picture of a couple months ago?  Well, they are growing up very well, and are promising to produce some fruit and such.

Here are some pictures:

On the left is the Heirloom Red Beefsteak Tomato.  When it first started flowering, the flowers would just fall off and not develop into the tomatoes, so I just left it alone and it corrected itself.  I think it was just too humid in those first two weeks of flowering (we had an early heat/humidity wave here in Florida).  Then we had a cool front push through, and the humidity level dropped and voila!  8 tomatoes.  I am happy. They are about half grown now, and will be very large tomatoes.  There are also more blossoms, and the plant is indeterminate, so maybe we will have even more on this plant.  On the right is one of the German Pink Heirloom Tomato, and I had a blossom-end rot issue with them early on, which is caused by a calcium deficiency (I found that out by online research--thanks Bonnie's website!). I didn't have the product that thei recommended, but I do have human calcium supplement pills, so I crushed them up, dissolved them in water, and used them as a drench.  It seems to have worked (and Bonnie's site was a bit pessimistic about anything helping once the plants set fruit). I have 6 tomatoes on that bush so far.  We will see if any survive.

 I don't know if you can see the little sweet peppers on the bush---->  but there are many flowers, and 6 have already begun to form into the bell peppers; the biggest is the one close to the top of the picture, and one just right of center.

And here is one of the three personal mini-watermelons that have set so far on the watermelon vines.  I have a couple more that are just starting to develop, but certainly aren't noteworthy yet.  :-)

The basil is growing at a really fast pace.  I have been cutting it almost everyday, and using basil in almost everything I cook.  All my herbs are producing so well that I am providing fresh herbs to one of my clients, who gives me her free-range chicken and duck eggs in return!  I love bartering with food!  LOL