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garlic
Jun 27, 2009 | 10:52 AM PST
Tags: garlic , onion

I harvested the rest of the garlic today. It was in the ground too long I think. Some of them had spider eggs around the bottom of the stems. I left them for the animals. 

I got what I wanted and am in the process of curing them now. 

I also started to gather some onion. Much better than last year. I didn't cut the tops off this time and let the energy of the plant go into the bulb. I've got some decent sized onion this year.

I only dug up 3 for now. Harvest isn't officially for another month even though the onion are edible at all stages.

I'm so excited. I found another cucumber baby in the garden. I also think I should have little baby tomatoes by the beginning of next week.

Tomatoes
Jun 25, 2008 | 6:08 AM PST
Tags: tomato , onion , zucchini

This year is the first year that I started growing vegetables. I have yellow onions, zucchini and tomato. The zucchini I think is dying. I've had to cut several leaves off. I think it has powdery mildew but I'm not sure because I have never seen a picture. But the leaves were very dry and turning brownish yellow. 

The tomato is small but I think it's because I put it in a spot that doesn't get more than 4-5 straight hours of sun. Is this the reason? They are the size of a small fist. I haven't tasted it yet as I've got some tomatoes still from the store to go through first. I've tried some miracle grow but I'm pretty sure it's mostly the lack of sun. 

The onions seem to be doing well. They are getting bigger. Does anyone know if cutting the greens to eat slows the growth of the onion. I can't seem to find any information about that?