These pictures are from last week, but we still have a few heads out there that need to be picked today. I also planted romanesco italia broccoli, which is a neat looking variety – but so far no heads. AND no cauliflower yet – what’s up with that? Last year I think our cauliflower was ready before the broccoli.

I put in a few kohlrabi too; that’s one of the least exciting vegetables (Puck likes it though!), but I have a box of seeds from 2007 that need to be used up, and found these this spring so figured I’d give it a try.

Temperatures have been in the upper 90s the last three days, and we got 1/2 and inch of rain last night, so things should start to produce very quickly now. There is zucchini ready to be picked!

I ordered three varieties of luffa (sponge gourds) this year. The one above, Rama F1 (hybrid), is supposed to be edible. Maybe we’ll try that next year. I wanted to grow them on our deck in pots, to see if they would vine out and cover the railing. They did a pretty good job, but our deck only gets sunshine for half of the day, and there is a large maple tree in back blocking out a chunk of sun too.

Also, I do not have the patience to water potted plants every day once the temperatures hit 90º. So, part of the reason they aren’t thriving and producing more fruit is probably my fault.

One of my projects this year is growing luffa – sponge gourds. These need to be transpotted soon. I’m planning on growing them all in pots on our deck, so they can climb up the railings and hang down.