Back with a Veggie'ence: The 2016 Season Begins

We are back! After a year off, the soil is rested and the compost piles are overflowing. The MVG will be a little smaller this year due to the continue drought in California. However, we are ready to come back with a veggie'ence!

We started off by mending the aged and weathered boards of the garden beds. The garden beds were then filled with compost and organic soil.

After a few visits to our local nurseries, my mother purchased and planted the following vegetables:

• Blue Lake Bush Beans
• Early Sunsation Pepper (bell peppers) grown by Kawahara Nurseries in Morgan Hill, CA
• Lady Bell Pepper (bell peppers) grown by Upstarts Organic Seedlings in Santa Cruz, CA
• Pepper Yolo Wonder (bell peppers) grown by Fredriks Nursery in Ripon, CA
• Tomato Roma grown by Cal Color Growers in Morgan Hill, CA 
• Tomato San Marzano grown by Fredriks Nursery in Ripon, CA
• Thai Basil grown by Fredriks Nursery in Ripon, CA

We also planted a variety of veggies by seed.

• Bitter Gourd Green Skin (Kitazawa Seed Co.)
• Bitter Gourd Hybrid Melon India (Kitazawa Seed Co.)
• Bush Beans Classic Slenderette (Renee's Garden)
• Early Sunglow Hybrid Sweet Corn (Ferry-Morse Seed Company)
• French Baby Bush Beans Nickel Filet (Renee's Garden)
• Sugar Snap Peas (Burpee)

top - bitter melon; middle - corn

top - bell peppers; middle - tomatoes; bottom green beans

Regardless of the drought, Fuyu has grown leaps and bounds. She is full of flowers and fruit this year. Many of her fruit is falling each day due to the amount of fruit she is bearing. We are keeping our fingers crossed and hope for a big persimmon harvest this year.

small green persimmons