Good morning and I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day yesterday. We had planned to go the the Kansas City Zoo, but Shane woke up not feeling well. He went back to bed twice during the day -- unheard of for him -- so I knew he was really feeling yucky. He's better now, though. I ended up spending the day reorganizing my kitchen cabinets and going through my recipe files at a leisurely pace. Not at all what I had planned for the day, but it was a nice day all the same.
I haven't done a garden update for a while, so I think that's what I'll offer you this morning.
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| My throwback flower child. |
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| We've been getting a cup or two of strawberries every couple of days. |
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Pyramid of lettuces, beets, carrots, etc., is looking a little wild.
We already cleared out all the radishes. |
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| Radishes in another bed. Overcrowded, but, oh well... |
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| Ground cherries. Not sure what to expect with these. |
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| Kat's cabbage from school is growing very well. |
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| Kat's "Moon and Stars" watermelon, also growing well. |
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Spinach not doing well this year. I think it'll get cleared out to make way for
peppers or cucumbers. (This spot is sunny after mid-morning.) |
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| Peas took their sweet time, but are finally growing. |
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| Turnip beauty. |
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| Swiss chard is ready! |
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We thought our kohlrabi and other brassicas were goners,
but they have finally shown signs of growth. |
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We still have tomatoes in the freezer from last summer.
This year we are growing only eight tomato plants. |
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| Blackberries starting to get some color. |
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We won't get more than a few raspberries,
but the plants are healthy and growing. |
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This bed needs work. Onions near the fence, garlic toward the yard.
Fourth year blueberries in the middle haven't produced yet;
they will be replaced with more blackberries, we think. |
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| Taters. |
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| Jerusalem artichokes... |
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will eventually tower over this fence and block us from the view of
ever-barking dogs at the house behind us. |
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| The last of the irises. |
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| Wild columbine. |
A week or so ago, I was ready to say
screw the garden. I was in a funk, Shane was working overtime and/or out of town for a while, plants were growing slowly, yet there was still
so much to be done out there. But things finally broke loose -- the weather, the overtime, the mood I was in -- and now we are feeling encouraged again.
And just when I think we're done planting, we're not! We put green beans and sweet corn in late last week. When the corn is a few inches tall, we'll plant pinto beans, some zucchini and some butternut squash in with it to follow a
Three Sisters planting. Also, we still have to plant bell peppers and cucumbers.
Stick around and see what happens.
