Black Gumbo

The heat is on. This week we've hit the mid 90s in temperature and the potted plants are needing water every day or two. The tomatoes have gone wild, there are literally a couple hundred tomatoes on the plants now and more blossoms every day. I believe it will be a very good year.

The cowpeas are taking off in the heat and the beets are now beginning to set roots. The Jalapenos are producing like crazy (they are quite hot) and I supplied a handful of peppers to our recent church mothers day picnic. They gave the Pico a nice kick.

I've given up on the mustard greens, I eat em as I can but they are going to be overtaken by the cowpeas soon, so I am thinking of harvesting the whole lot and making a mess of green for our weekly potluck at church. Yum! I'm going to give the carrots some more time, they have nice long yellow taproots finally and should bulk up soon.

Overall the garden now looks how I like it - a jungle! Here are some photos (yes, the grass needs to be cut so no overall views this time)

Loads of tomatoes	Huge Romas
Yum!	Getting ripe
Lushness	Jalapenos!