Almost 5 Weeks Growth

Here we are at almost five weeks growth and things are really starting to happen. Our helpers are out inspecting the garden almost every day and Molly has grown fond of sniffing on one of the squash plants every chance she gets!
It almost seems as though you can see a difference in the growth from day to day. Pretty amazing for all of us. As you can see from the pictures we have had several cherry tomatoes and a few radishes as well. We now have a beefsteak tomato or two that are slowly starting to ripen.
I have had to increase the watering by double to 30 minutes, twice a day, as the heat and lack of humidity were starting to wilt some of the tomatoes a bit. The extra watering seems to have helped. (Click Pictures to Enlarge)

Below Right: Molly with Tomatoes & Peppers

Below Right: Cherry Tomato Plant.
Below Right: Yoda & Molly check out the corn.

One Month's Growth

Our Desert Garden is now at a little less than one month's growth and today we harvested our first cherry tomato. It looks as though we should have a green bell pepper within another week or so. We also have the start of our first beef steak tomato. The corn is a good 16 inches tall as well! We can also see the beginnings of our squash and the peas are starting to really come along. I feel it won't be too long before we are eating something from the garden almost every day! (click pictures to enlarge)

Below Right:
Garden 05/06/2009
Below Right:
Our first cherry tomato!