This week, I pulled the remaining lettuce heads that had bolted from last week's record-setting heat wave (we got up to 116F on June 28th), and replaced them with some new baby starts and a new bed of sweet corn with a goal for harvest in the fall. (I got sucked in to a little spree at our local nursery which is currently having a 50% off sale on all veggie starts.) We also got the baby artichokes into the ground *fingers crossed* and ran some string from the bean tipi to the chain-link fence, as I grossly underestimated how far the vines would want to grow. 😂
Other than some slugs in the strawberry bed (hooray for beer traps!), I have been pleasantly surprised at the lack of pest issues so far. There has been some minor munching on the lower-hanging lettuce leaves and nibbles on the zucchini nubs, but otherwise, there haven't been any major issues. Even during last week's heat wave, I just kept watering everything in the evening (after the beds were in the shade), and they seemed to bounce back just fine. I only had minor sun-scald on the jalapenos, and some leaves here and there, so overall, we have been pretty lucky.
I'm super excited about how things are going, and almost wish I had set a few more beds so I could plant more! I have also been stocking up on canning jars as I find them, now having five cases of quart jars, three cases of pint jars, and a case of half-pint jars for when I get up the courage to make jams.
Coming soon are some small jalapenos (albeit with some sun-scald), basil, cucumbers, apples, pears, chives, and of course, more zucchini! Since the heat wave, the weather has been a comfortable high-80's (slightly muggy), so here's hoping for the same consistency through August and September.
Cheers and good harvests! 👍
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