{"id":2796,"date":"2012-06-29T17:31:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2012-06-29T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:31:48","slug":"growth-spurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/2796","title":{"rendered":"Growth spurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After coming home from being gone for a week, we thought the changes in the garden would be significant, but we weren&#8217;t prepared for this.<\/p>\n<p>The beans have gone crazy, nearly filling their hoop houses. The cucumbers have tons and blooms and the starts of fruits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/beans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2799\" title=\"beans\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/beans-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/beans-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/beans-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/beans.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The watermelon plants have expanded to the point that you can&#8217;t even see the circles in Squashville where they are growing. (It&#8217;s hard to remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/squashville.jpg\">how it looked just 8 weeks ago<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2798\" title=\"watermelons2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we were shocked to come home to watermelons the size of grapefruits. It won&#8217;t be long until we have some to eat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2797\" title=\"watermelons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/watermelons.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tomatoes are continuing to thrive and put out new fruits. Most aren&#8217;t ready to eat yet, but we did have our first cherry tomato. Yum.<\/p>\n<p>And Brad harvested the shallots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shallots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2800\" title=\"shallots\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shallots-1024x893.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shallots-1024x893.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shallots-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shallots.jpg 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most surprising of all, the tatsoi and lettuce are still going strong and haven&#8217;t gotten bitter.<\/p>\n<p>Everything seems happy in the 100+ degree heat. And on the weather front (ha ha), the monsoons have started.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After coming home from being gone for a week, we thought the changes in the garden would be significant, but we weren&#8217;t prepared for this. The beans have gone crazy, nearly filling their hoop houses. The cucumbers have tons and blooms and the starts of fruits. 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