I needed soaker hoses....

The garden is so lush that it needs a bit more water than before. I have been spending a lot of time watering (30-45 minutes each day) so I installed soaker hoses to cut my watering time down. Now I just have to go out, turn on the water (low) and walk away for a few hours.

For about $30, I invested in 2 soaker hoses (25' and 75') and some duct tape to set it up in the garden. We had a hose splitter so I was able to direct the water to the 2 soaker hoses from a single hose connector point. (I used saran wrap and duct tape to "seal" the soaker hoses in sections where I did not want it to weep.)

Here are some photos of the garden from today.

3 Broccoli crowns -- a 4th and 5th are forming as well. We'll have too much broccoli at once so we'll be giving it away. Next time, I will stagger by 1 or 2 weeks between each plant!

Purple Podded Pole Beans

Costoluto Genovese (Heirloom) tomato cluster

Tumbling Tom (red cherry) tomatoes

2 types of Bush Green Beans: Blue Lake and Early Contender

Speckly, Buffy and Red - they're about 6 weeks old now.

Noah is proud of our first "big" carrot harvest.