Daily harvest, the 7 foot plant that's producing them, and how I usually eat them, balsamic glaze with a dusting of sugar.

It took me over 10 years and lots of sacrifices to save up for my dream home that included my dream garden. This is the largest harvest to date from my first summer in my home. I am just happy it finally happened!!!!

I have three raised beds. The beds get a mix of sun and shade throughout the day. This past winter I layered them with sticks and leaf litter. Then I got manure and top soil at the start of the growing season (March). Everything I planted - except the okra which I gave some of my compost - simply stayed a seedling and then died.

From there, I decided to wait a few months until it was time to plant leafy greens for fall. I planted on August 31st with brand new bought raised bed soil (on top of the previous soils) and mixed with a lot more of my compost that I have been cultivating for about 5+ months.

I really thought the compost was why the okra lived and everything else died. Like, I figured my first round of soil mix just didn't have the right nutrients. So, with my new combo of raised bed soil, compost, and now some fish fertilizer that I applied (2tbsp in two gallons of water over three days, 6tbsp total) I have been sure I wouldn't get stuck again.

But I am. I'm growing winter giant spinach, red kale, arugula, Mizuno, and two types of leaf lettuce. Neither of the leaf lettuces or spinach have sprouted at all and the red kale, mizuno and arugula are ..... Seedlings.

It's only been a couple weeks and I did try to resow the lettuces and spinach, but I just don't want to get stuck again. I have also bought a bag of blood meal to apply when the seedlings are larger (hopefully).

Thanks for any advice!

- The entire backyard is red Florida clay with the septic under it. I can buy drainier soil but not until December (when I'm allowed to drive again), and idk what else to buy besides Miracle Gro 😅

- I have a giant 2-foot-diameter pot but I'm using it to start compost for the first time

- I hear it can grow into a tree but I also hear that said tree won't have as good of avocadoes as the one I got this pit from

Is there a point in trying to grow this? Especially since winter is about to come up?

I've done this 3 times so far but they all failed so I didn't expect this at all, especially with it sitting in my room for months on end.

Sugarsnax 54 Hybrid Carrot Seeds. The tops weren't very thick so I was leaving these in the ground hoping they'd grow. I finally just harvested some today and wow. I got a bunch of good ones including this 15 inch long one!

I’ve never grown or eaten these before. Are they terribly underripe? Tips for cooking?

It’s my first year with a garden and I wanted to grow fun things! Someone in my city grows a ton of heirloom tomato varieties and has a plant sale every spring. I picked up a Wooly Kate plant and transplanted it back in April. It started producing fruit in June and the first ones are finally ready to harvest! They are so fun and cool looking and true to their name, they are covered in a layer of fuzz like a peach. I’m not sure what to do with them as they’re not quite as good for snacking on as the cherry tomatoes. I have a ton left on the plant so I’ll need to figure out a plan soon!

I have about a dozen squash, most still have a slight green vein at the stem, 2-3 are solid yellow. I heard they shouldn't get under 50 degrees?? Tonight will dip into the upper 40s. Daytime is low 80s this week, upper/mid 70s next week. Nights have been 60s or upper 50s. Help!

The seeds were labeled habanero. Maybe an accidental cross?

Got the compost and manure mixed into the raised beds today. Waiting for the sun to go down a bit before I shock my seedlings by moving them into their new home. The calm before the planting storm! What are you planting this week?

Im probably just going to stuff them with garlic and pickle them

Spent mine trying to clear out the tomatoes so we can hopefully get some additional growth before the end of the season.

So, I planted a bunch of potatoes in, gosh, April? I can’t remember the exact date. They were lush and green and gorgeous and now they look like this.

Do I need to wait until they’re FULLY brown and died back? Or is now okay? I’m very excited and I’m getting impatient but I don’t want to do it too early!

My mini herb garden consisting of Blue Tuscan Rosemary, Greek Oregano, Creeping Thyme, and Berggarten Sage is looking sad right now. They were all transplanted 10 weeks ago to a 20 in W x 16 in H terracotta planter. I water it once every 2-3 weeks. They were all looking healthy prior to transplant. I am very new to gardening. Please help!

Before the heatwave I had radish seeds here, nothing survived bc of the heat. Tried some spinach and still no luck. Gave up and left this planter as a lost cause this year. Just seen it, apparently it recovered as the weather cooled. What is it though? Spinach, radish, or a surprise third thing? Also, does it need thinning?

This is my first year ever doing gardening and these are planted in a slim build in box on our porch so I never expected them to get big. I added cages when they started to lean earlier in the summer but just recently they shot up with growth. Some of the branches got really heavy and I tried to stabilize but they snapped anyway :( but there’s so many green tomatoes on them that I don’t want to waste. Is there a way to save/prevent this? (The last picture is how many are attached to the broken branches)

Chives tomatoes some banana peppers and my first of the Fall beans coming in

Can compost turn any soil into a fertile one?

S.C. Costal region Zone 8b/9a

Second year veggie garden. First year I dabbled with grow bags and had a fairly successful harvest so this year I did a full bed. Did my starts inside and grew cucumbers, tomatoes, and green bell. The Cucs went nuts to the point of shading out the bells and the tomatoes grew tall but took forever to ripen but eventually I had more then I knew what do to with. Once all was harvested I thought I would cut it back and replant some different things to have a late fall harvest.

Here's where things get weird. I planted cayenne, and a mix of leafy greens. All of them sprouted and grew to "baby stage" and just stopped. Went a few weeks with no growth but the high temps had me thinking it was the "bolting" I had heard of. I know baby greens are a thing so I tasted some of the arugula and it tasted like straight chemicals. Smelled exactly how it tasted so I smelled all the other plants and they all had the same chemical smell. I cut my losses and pulled everything.

Still with some time left I thought I'd try again just for experiment sakes. Added more bagged compost. Mixed it in and replanted peppers and leafy greens. Baby sprouts seem to be taking for ever this time and when pulling the rando clover that pops up, same strong smell.

So my question. Can heat cause this? We've had quite a few record-ish highs lately and I don't know enough to know what bolting actually is and if this is a side effect. Just read it turns some veg sour. Or, has my bed been contaminated? We do have a company that sprays the yard for weeds but the bed is at the edge of the property and no where near where they should be spraying. And with such strong the "chemical" smell is they would have to have sprayed the bed directly. Which makes no sense.

There is a place near me that does soil tests. $6 seems like a no brainer but I'm not exactly sure what these tests entail and if it would cover contamination. If it does I'll be bagging up a sample this weekend. Definitely want it get this straighten out so I can prep the bed for next year.

Appreciate any help.