Look how much the tomato plants have grown! Thirty to forty inches!
Jude’s corn is, of course, doing what Iowa corn does in the summer… but it is still amazing to consider what a little corn seed grew into.
The boys’ gardens are full and lush. We look back at pictures of their newly planted gardens where you can still see dirt in each square. Green beans and pea plants have spread out and up. Herbs have filled out their squares. And some plants – the tomatoes and cucumbers, of course – can dominate their space and move into others. We are having a great growing season!
| REX | June 4 | June 11 | *June 26 | July 4 | *July 17 |
| Tomato | 11-½” | 19” (1’7”) | 32” (2’8”) | 42”
9 toms |
46”
9 toms |
| Chili Red
Pepper |
10” | 12” | 4 peppers
4 flowers |
7 peppers
4 flowers |
7 peppers |
“My peppers are turning red. I’m growing more and more cucumbers. ...I’m going to be so sad when there’s no plants in our garden…” –Rex
| JUDE | June 4 | June 11 | *June 26 | July 4 | *July 17 |
| Tomato | 11-½” | 12.5” | 24” | 35”
3 blooms |
47”
8 toms |
| Corn | 1” | 13” | 50” !!! | 57” | 69” |
| Eggplant | 6-¾” | 7.5” | 1 Purple
flower |
3 flowers | 5 flowers |
“My corn is HUUUGE!”–Jude
| MORRIS | June 4 | June 11 | *June 26 | July 4 | *July 17 |
| Tomato | 9” | 15” (1’3”) | 34” (1’10” | 42” | 49”
15 toms |
“I love my cabbage.”–Morris
My Growing Boys 