Anne's 2016 Garden 6-17-16

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Hi,

I finally have a few photos of my garden to post. I got a late start to the season and my seedlings had sort of gone through hell and back before I finally planted them out (long story ). I planted out on April 17, so the plants are just 2 months old (in the garden) today. (I'm a month behind Raybo this year).

I just finished my "lower and lean" on the tomatoes. As I've mentioned before (probably ad nauseam), I'm in a wheelchair and have difficulty accessing the full height of my trellising. I can't manage the typical greenhouse lower and lean procedure so I indiviually unclip, reposition, and re-clip the vines to drop the plants and more them along the trellis horizontally. I've also been pruning quite heavily this year. The way I'm managing the tomatoes this year is, so far, working out great for me. I check the plant's health, prune/sucker, and toothbrush pollinate as I work my way own the line.

My two disappointments......What I though was a carbon with tons of fruit is not actually carbon (in first photo foreground) and what was supposed to be Mule Team is a determinate loaded with mid-size to largish fruit. I have no idea what it might be because I didn't start any determinate seeds!! I'll yank it out when it's done fruiting. It's sort of like a speed-bump in my lower and lean program . Most of the plants right now are at about shoulder height or less (while seated in the wheelchair) and without the lowering, most would have been at or near the top of the trellis by now (with no where else to go!). Most plants are pruned to 2 stems (with a couple plants with 3 stems).

So here are the photos - apologies for poor quality of any.
In order they should be:

Plants with "not carbon" in the foreground
Half row view with Wes on the right
Other half from with Tula on the left next to Daniels
Section of row with Wes to Tula
View of the section of garden with some eggplants (Rhapsody and Ping-Tung)and beans (fortex)
Bed with some peppers, 2 grafted tomato plants planted much later than the others, and 3 groups of cucumbers: Tasty Green, Eos, Northern Pickling
Zucchini in 2' tall 5'x8' raised beds with some peppers and basil