Harvesting and flowers!

This was the first time I ever tasted a beefsteak tomato. Since I never saw it at the store, I tried to grow one. After four month, this was the first one ripen. It tasted very good, thick juicy meat.

 My fava bean got burned by the heat wave last week and here were some beans left to harvest. They taste very sweet. I was able to eat them all raw.

The sunflower was seeded by bird. It grew very fast. This one was about 3 weeks. I will save them for seed to feed the birds back :-).

 I thought this dwarf pomegranate plant couldn't survice because it was so tiny week and got pest all over it. But this summer, it gave me so many flowers on it's 12 inches tall body.

 The first strawberry. Very big, tasty and good looking.

 These also first harvest bluberry and alpine strawberry. They tasted so good!

 My olallie blackberry gave me just three fruits for the first time. I hope it will survice this summer.

Balcony Garden Update 03/11/2014

 My hanging balcony garden is expended quickly after I started it on 12/30/2014. I experience with different type of containers included DIY earthbox, wine crate, and second hand nursery container. So far they are all growing great with the organic soil mixed with compost and bat guano. I also mixed the Miracle grow with the Kellogg Organic Soil since I got it by mistake :D. I heard the Miracle Grow is not organic so I tried to mix it up.

I got more fruit trees included lime, grape, blueberry and raspberry. Since it will take so long to grow from baby plant, I decided to spend more money on the adult tree so we can have some fruits for this season. For the grape, because I already got the young plants so will go with what I have. It's fun to grow stuff from beginning and watch them growing.

Today I got a beautiful House Finch couple visited my home made bird bath and feeder. They are still trying to firgure out how to get food from the bird feeder so I think I have to install some branches.
I am so happy to see them so close. They are beautiful and playful :D

The Fava beans also have flowers. Maybe I choose the right spot for them.

The black beauty zuchini is the winner for the flowering competition. Three of them flowered at the same time. Look like I will have the first vegetable out from my garden soon.