Got a couple of strawberries, a bunch of rhubarb, started pulling the onions for curing, more garlic scapes, thinned some carrots, 2 more sungold tomatoes, a bunch of snap peas…
The runner beans are starting to flower- the green beans are still going slow and look a little sun bleached. The favas have some burst pods and need more attention- may rethink for next year. also, there are a couple tomatillo pods forming.
Lots of garlic scapes, a few more bolted onions, a hand full of strawberries, some peas
I also fertilized and pulled weeds and thinned tomatoes. Tired.
We’re in the midst of a record heat wave- it was 100 yesterday, 104 today, and 111 (!!) tomorrow. The tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers are VERY PLEASED. I just wish they had fruit to ripen!
Potato flower!
And we’re still in the strawberries.
Artichoke, zucchini, onions, garlic scapes, snap peas
And flowers on a pepper!
<we have not planted any of these yet.
Today we got a whole bunch of awesome plants from a friend who is moving- mostly berries. P was quick to get the mature blueberries (~20yo “Blue and Gold”) in the ground , but we still have a lot to decide about.
She also gave me some of this mint variety – looks like it’s Bee Balm or Monarda. I planted near the elephant ear.
These plants will also need planting- columbine in the bottom of the first pot, and something with yellow flowers in the second one.
Native raspberries and thornless blackberries and strawberries.
Here are the notes I took about pruning (in February) “prune dead wood, and branch under 6″, old canes (to base), crossing canes”
After planting the little threads that were the result of my winter sowing, I didn’t have big hopes for them, so I grabbed a couple more bundles of spanish yellow and ringmaster the next time I went to the grange.
But low and behold, the little threads are hanging in there! I ran more of the ringmaster onions around the onion bed, then realized one of my garlic beds was half empty. I put the spanish yellow and the remaining onion threads in that bed. I had good luck planting tight and thinning throughout the season last summer, so hopefully that happens again.
There are two asparagus guys poking through the soil, which is EXCITING.
Here’s the State of the sprouts. The arugula is starting in the short greenhouse.
I fertilized the strawberries (box) and herb pots (bottle). Let spring come!
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)
It’s gloomy today, but we had a few warm days, so things are reacting.
Pea haul is light today.
Strawberries are crazy! (Almost 2 pints today.)
Corn salad and spinach are bolting. Boo
Little squash still, but delicata are running.
Tomatillo’s have pretty little lantern packets, first green fruit on tomatoes.
Green blueberries.
About a quarter of the onions were bolting, so i pulled them to dry. (In picture)
Also grabbed some rhubarb and garlic scapes (along with the onion scapes).
And the first little artichokes (I love this variety, the heads are small, but there’s more meat on them and they don’t get buggy.)
First big harvest
