Who's the King of the Jungle??

Who? Who?
Who's the King of the Sea?
Bubble, Bubble
Who's the King of the Universe? And Who's the King of me?!

Just taking a little trip back to my VBS days and my favorite camp song :)

But literally...my porch garden is starting to look like a jungle!!!

My tomato plants are growing out of the planter they are getting so big. And not just that, but they are as tall as the deck railing! I think I must not be pruning them up right to get them to stop growing. However, there are several little bunches of tomatoes growing! Most of which look like this:

Now, just for them to ripen up :)

My experiment growing sugar snap peas is also still in progress. I haven't been able to successfully get them to "climb" and grow up the deck railing....but they are growing and are starting to get a few flowers, so maybe peas will be here soon!


My basil is also growing like crazy! And....note to self for next year...one basil plant would probably suffice for this single lady. It grows so fast I can't keep up with using it! So far I have only added it to some pasta sauce for a chicken dish I made. Need to research some more ways to use basil.

I am now on my second crop of lettuce. Ate up the first little bunches already...at least what had been surviving the heat and rain. Another note to self: plant more lettuce next year. I also think I might arrange the plants differently in my planter next year.

Planter 1:
Peas by the railing (grow straight from seeds in planter)
1 green pepper (start seeds early)
tomato plant in the middle (start seeds early)
basil (start seeds early)
1 green pepper (start seeds early)

Planter 2:
Lots of lettuce (start seeds early)
flowers in middle (buy as plants)
tomato plant on side (start seeds early)

And there you have it! My lessons learned in gardening thus far! :)