Doug's photo site: July 2011

As noted in the last post, my wife planted a garden out on our condo's patio back at the beginning of May (see that one for an overview of the garden's progress over the weeks).

Commencing the plant-specific posts, this post tracks the California Wonder bell pepper plant (one of several peppers she planted) from first bloom through when the first fruit was picked.

May 7

May 15

May 21

May 30

June 4

June 11

June 26

July 2

July 10: the little one starts to turn but also to shrivel

July 16: both turning red

July 23: this one clearly did not make it

July 23

July 23, after harvest--which may have been premature, as it tasted a little bitter; I didn't say it turned out impressively.

Back at the beginning of May my wife decided to start a garden. However, we live in a third floor condo with only a small patio, so we had to put everything in pots and planters. Given that our patio only gets afternoon sun we weren't sure whether the plants would grow. (She planted five different tomato plants, six different peppers, beans, zucchini, cucumber, and many herbs.)

Below are shots taken at roughly weekly increments showing an overview of what has come of our little garden. (Note: Yes, we did rearrange the whole patio part way through.) Updated.