June Garden Update!

Greetings, everyone! The garden is growing very vigorously. Sometimes I have to trim back the oregano and sage, not for using but because it's spreading too widely! The strawberries are done producing and the carrots are in bloom. By now all the empty spots are filled. Let's take a look at their progress!

Here are some oregano flower buds. They will bloom soon and then spread their seeds. Luckily they don't get everywhere like weeds. Sometimes we like to brush the plant with our hands so that it releases that pungent aroma.

The thyme flowers have come and gone. Sometimes I find little seedlings here and there. I pull them out because we don't need any more! Too much thyme on our hands.

Across the sidewalk are the raspberry bushes. They grow invasively, growing new shoots out of the existing root system. I don't mind. More raspberries for me.

They're almost ready for eating.
The tomatoes have not been growing very enthusiastically. Being heavy feeders, there's probably not enough nutrients in the soil. It also hasn't been raining much until now and I don't usually hand water the garden.

The tomatoes growing in the pure compost, however, are doing extremely well. There's pretty of nutrients in there and it has good water retention. They're a bit crowded because we have no where wide to transplant them.

The garden is full, so are the large pots, and even the spaces in between the rosebushes are being used. They say tomatoes make good companions for roses because they repel disease like black leaf spot.

This is my little nasturtium. I saw one at somebody's house with leaves as big as my palm! Mine has a few leaves the size of my fingernail and this is its second bloom. If it blooms much more it will confirm my theory about the soil being depleted. The other plant hasn't bloomed yet though.

And finally we've reached the beans. I'm happy that I'm going to get at least a few Fava beans this year compared to none last year.

Here are some kidney bean flowers.

Here are some of the immature pods.

I applied legume inoculant at the time of planting so I'm expecting a good harvest. Don't eat green kidney beans. They're not very juicy or tasty. And definitely don't eat the dry beans raw. Their red coloring comes from a toxic substance they contain.
Now on to the plants on the back patio.

My little bonsai acacia tree loves the full sun it gets outside. It got a little bit burned at first but quickly adapted. I hope to see tiny little yellow blooms on it someday.

My citrus tree (don't know which fruit exactly) took a little longer to adjust to the full sun. Indoors it sits near a west facing window so you can imagine the stress when it was moved outdoors. It has never bloomed thus far.

This little succulent was almost done for. I barely watered it last winter or even spring but a few good rains brought it back to life.

The sun completely burned off all the leaves of my miniature guamuchil tree but it grew them all back and looks even better now.

My experimental beans are pretty much done. They were also succumbing to spider mites, which is why I moved them outdoors. On the far left, the cranberry bean grew new leaves and even a few more bean pods!
In other bean news, Wang's Red Bean is now in bloom!

I tried to identify it but Plantsnap thought it was an orchid. Then I noticed the pods.

It must be an asparagus (or yardlong) bean! Mystery solved. Now the only mystery left is what is Wang's black bean...

That is all for today!
This has been a Garden Journal Challenge post from @simplymike 's contest, which you can view here:
https://peakd.com/homesteading/@simplymike/hive-community-garden-journal-challenge-june

Thank you for reading!