Just a quick overview of how things are growing around here! We’re being cautiously optimistic because we could still have a killing frost. Luckily, Bert can move the tomatoes and hanging baskets inside if that’s expected!
The Radishes are looking good!
Can you see the red radish peeking out?
The lettuce is enjoying the sunshine! Almost time to start another row of seeds in the next bay.
The Sugar Snap peas are sending out tiny tendrils, looking for a place to latch on. Hopefully, we can guide them to the fences on either side of the rows.
The Asparagus keeps trying. We’ve ordered more crowns/roots to fill this bed.
The Super Sauce tomatoes are spending some time in the sun each day to get stronger stems and roots.
We even have a few tiny flowers!
Up on the hill, you can see the forsythia is starting to make a hedge along our property line. Love them!
The fenced garden has been rototilled and is ready for tomatoes, green beans and carrots. I may use a section for some herbs like basil, parsley and chives. In the first bay, I think the Lavender is dead! No green shoots at all. I think Bert will remove them so I have room for the herbs. The Echinacea at the other end is growing like crazy!
Echinacea
So, little by little we inch towards the safe time to plant temperature-sensitive plants. Even with beans and carrot seeds we have learned the hard way…it’s always risky to put some seeds in ground too early. They don’t like the cool damp soil. We might as well just wait!
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