There's a lot going on here in my garden, and a ton more to do. Good thing I enjoy this work so much ; )
Now that I have vegetables ready to sell, I have put them on a page titled
This Weeks Veggies. It will include what is in CSA boxes. You can order by Facebook message, e-mail, or telephone. Let me know what delivery day (and a second choice) works for you.
The bunnies suddenly stopped coming around and I was afraid something had happened to them. One morning I saw one again - with a cute little baby! I was glad - I just love seeing these guys in our yard every day, even though I know they are a danger to my lettuce. So far, they haven't ventured that way. Fingers crossed!
My herb garden next to the house. Contains chives, thyme, parsley, sage, and greens - mustard, arugula, and sorrel. The greens I planted in the garden were taking so long to come up that I thought they weren't going to, so I planted them in a bunch of different places. We're gonna have a lot of greens.
And now, lots of pictures of what's coming up and getting big:
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| French Breakfast radishes, and the little feathery guys in front are carrots. Garden carrots are so so delicious! |
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| The peas are getting bigger. Once they have full pods, I'll probably have to make the boys work so I can sit in the garden and eat fresh peas all day. |
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| The beets started growing pretty fast once I weeded. |
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| Swiss chard and weeds. |
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| Potatoes - this picture is a bit old. They are bigger every time I go out there! |
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| Look how cute this baby kale leaf is - Red Russian kale. |
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| Red onion |
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| Dill volunteering at the end of the garlic bed (and here and there in the peas, beets, and radishes.) |
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| Cherry Belle radishes will be ready soon. |
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| My row of transplanted lettuce. These guys looked so sad after transplanting, I thought they weren't going to make it. Now look at them! The two rows next to them have a lot of baby lettuce that I seeded, as well as swiss chard and radishes/carrots. |
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| Green bean sprout! |
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| Harvested French Breakfast radishes. |
I have a lot of plants ready to go into the ground, as soon as I can get my grubby hands on some soil amendments.
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| Squash - I am planting a great variety of varieties : ) |
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| Tomatoes! (Just a small sampling - also went a little variety crazy here.) |
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| Supercute basil sprout. I get such a kick out of the second leaves that are tiny versions of the full grown plant. |
I've been preparing for the mass planting that will happen shortly, so I can get things in as soon as I get compost and manure. I keep getting anxious that the warm weather plants and seeds aren't in yet, then we get snow or frost and I'm reminded not to panic and to let things work out as they will.
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| I've always been pretty good at straight lines. |
I've been having a problem with flea beetles. They have been gobbling tiny holes in my radish greens, arugula, mustard greens, and kale. My solution has been to spend a little time most days hunting them with a plastic spoon and petroleum jelly (the tip on the internet suggested treacle, but I'm fresh out.) I've just been coating the back of the spoon and using my lightning reflexes to catch the bugs in the petroleum jelly. It works pretty well, actually. They seem to especially like the arugula - luckily, I have a lot of it coming up untouched in the herb garden.
Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely season!
