P tore out the raspberries the other day, and he covered the bed with cardboard and grass. We’re hoping to reclaim for asparagus (?) next year.
I also planted some more peas and cilantro-neither of which have started sprouting yet- and some dill in the greenhouse.
P planted a couple of winter blooming heathers next to the plum trees to hopefully encourage pollinators.
The spinach and arugula are starting to come up in the greenhouse, excited about that!
It’s been too hot lately- we had a week over 90- and I’ve been hiding out from the sun. Some plants are very happy though.
I cut the favas and pulled the beans. I think I want to try a different variety and next year, though.
I also pulled the rest of the garlic to cure.
It was the first good sized harvest- with Romano beans, patty pan, zucchini, yellow squash, plump blueberries, thornless blackberries, and thinned out carrots. And some nice sized artichokes.
The flowers are pretty too
Also- I planted the last straggler pepper into a bag, and moved one of the lavender stems I’m trying to propagate into a little pot.
Pulled the remaining onions today. The wallawallas were definitely the winner in size, even though many bolted. Also got a handful of raspberries and a few peas.
Moved some squash to a bed with season starters
Put some micro greens in a covered thingy to see if they sprout in the greenhouse
Plus new beds and a progress shot (:
Got a pretty good haul of onions and garlic today. That’s prolly about half- the other half is still in the ground. GOOD year for this stuff! Many onions bolted, but the remaining ones are big and beautiful
The garlic in the west bed was best- the middle variety in the south bed was good too- I’m a little disappointed with the ones on the sides (I’ll edit to add variety names)
Also got a couple of dinky novas, raspberries, garlic scapes, and some squash
Oh, and yellow beans!
Looks like something (deer?) helped itself to some green bean and raspberry leaves
Oh, and a couple of tomatillo and one
Tiny
Pepper
Got a pretty good haul of onions and garlic today. That’s prolly about half- the other half is still in the ground. GOOD year for this stuff! Many onions bolted, but the remaining ones are big and beautiful
The garlic in the west bed was best- the middle variety in the south bed was good too- I’m a little disappointed with the ones on the sides (I’ll edit to add variety names)
Also got a couple of dinky novas, raspberries, garlic scapes, and some squash
Oh, and yellow beans!
Looks like something (deer?) helped itself to some green bean and raspberry leaves
Oh, and a couple of tomatillo and one
Tiny
Pepper
Got a pretty good haul of onions and garlic today. That’s prolly about half- the other half is still in the ground. GOOD year for this stuff! Many onions bolted, but the remaining ones are big and beautiful
The garlic in the west bed was best- the middle variety in the south bed was good too- I’m a little disappointed with the ones on the sides (I’ll edit to add variety names)
Also got a couple of dinky novas, raspberries, garlic scapes, and some squash
Oh, and yellow beans!
Looks like something (deer?) helped itself to some green bean and raspberry leaves
Oh, and a couple of tomatillo and one
Tiny
Pepper
Pulled up the first few onions (the driest) and have them curing in baskets
Same with some of the garlic
The varieties in West E are MASSIVE. All of the things I’ve pulled look healthy (:
Got the first few yellow beans, and a couple of sun gold
Still thinning out the carrots and beets
A couple of baby onions and leeks are coming up in the seeded bed.
Raspberries! (There are blueberries at the neighbor’s)
Arugula is reseeded
Tiny baby scarlet runners
Green bean flowers
More pretties
Upcoming yellow beans
Still getting a few peas, and finding some I missed
Did a bunch of cooking. Raspberry coulis, sauted garbanzo peas zucchini and greens, carrot tops (boiling water 3 minutes) garlic garbanzo cilantro lemon juice hummus, roasted carrots patty pan beets onions, fresh bread… yum.
I may finally have done carrots right! These are just the guys I thinned out.
Plus- see those first two singold!?!
Also got some berries and beets
The garlic in West e is kind of falling over, so I pulled one to check it. HUGE and gorgeous. Yay!
We also did some more work on the blackberry pit. I’m happy to be reclaiming some more space (in time)