We harvested the remainder of the chinese cabbages this week. They were kind of small but I’d rather have a few small cabbages than bolted inedible ones. My snow peas have finally quit making. Those will get pulled this weekend to make room for something else in the raised bed. Not entirely sure exactly what yet. Maybe some hot peppers. I’m going to fill the cubbies in the concrete blocks with dirt this weekend and alternate basil (minette) and dwarf tomatoes (red robin) in those for effect. I’ve also got petunias (wave ones) to put at the corners.
I’ve got some ginormous pots under one of my oak trees that we’re going to plant with lettuce. It’s an experiment to see just how long we can grow lettuce w/o it getting too bitter to eat or bolting.
Hopefully weather will cooperate and I won’t manage to kill everything I touch!
My tomatoes in the big garden are doing great. The ones that survived being run over (yes, with the car!). I’d put the flat on my driveway to get extra warmth from the concrete and promptly forgot about it. Until I heard the sickening *cruuuuuunch* as I ran over it. Lost a good 75 seedlings. Bummer.
I also have a surprise hazlenut seedling. I planted a hazlenut last fall just for kicks, in an unusued pot full of soil. Amazingly enough it sprouted! I have six hazlenut bushes now. If I don’t manage to kill them somehow.
Cherry bushes (Hansens) are loaded. As are the blueberries and now the blackberries. My oldest daughter picks a clamshell or so full of strawberries every day and between her and her sisters they last about a day.
Almost have my corn completely mulched with newspapers and grass clippings. Finished mulching the cucumbers and melons on the trellis. Cucumbers already have blooms and little baby cucumbers on them.
Harvested my first round zucchini yesterday. Still debating what to use it with/for. Anybody have any good ideas for zucchini dishes that toddlers might actually eat?
Has anyone started asparagus from seed? How did it turn out?
Life is good.
We used to plant asparagus seeds on the farm and had real good luck. We had several rows of asparagus in the big two acre garden.
“Im going to fill the cubbies in the concrete blocks with dirt this weekend and alternate basil (minette) and dwarf tomatoes (red robin) in those for effect. Ive also got petunias (wave ones) to put at the corners.”
THAT is going to be GORGEOUS, Darling! Gorgeous! :)
How did you get my dream garden? It sounds lovely!
I have a little cherry tomato and some bell peppers already and we have one strawberry that is turning red. Can’t wait for the billion others to ripen!