The sun is shining today…finally! It’s been cool, cloudy and wet for a few days. Hopefully, the next week will be a little warmer for the new plants!
Here’s what’s happening around the Kisner homestead. I pulled all the radishes last week and replanted more today. They were delicious!
Today I replanted the four spaces with just one kind of radish, called Fabuloso. They were big, round and not too spicy. I put 12 seeds in each bin…one in each hole. No seed goes to waste!
The lettuce is looking good and I’ll start adding some to my salads. I started more seeds in the middle section and they are popping. On the left is another planting of the long radishes, called Fire and Ice. They seem to love the cool wet weather!
At the edge of the patio we have these planters waiting for flowers.
Bert started petunias in pots but they struggled to get going. Finally, we are seeing some success! They will be red, white and blue and hopefully look great by the 4th of July!
In the first fenced garden off the patio we have our Sugar Snap Peas. They are getting the hang of reaching out to the fence (and each other!). I’m ready for some fresh peas as a snack!
The second fenced bed has Asparagus. The tall stuff was planted last year and we left it alone. It was still struggling this year so Bert ordered 10 new crowns. He planted them all around the bed so soon we should see some evidence that they will grow! Maybe next year we’ll have a meal of asparagus!
This fenced area by the woodpile will be our experimental plot for pumpkins. Who knows if they’ll grow and if we can keep the groundhogs away! The plants are still in pots under grow lights, but seeing how big the leaves are, they should be in the ground soon.
Luckily, Bert got the rain barrels set up before all the rain this weekend. They are both full now and the water will be pumped up to the bigger storage tank in the garden on the hill.
Bert got the tomatoes planted last week (right before that big wind and rainstorm). They seemed to survive just fine.
Here’s the view from the other end of the garden. The Echinacea is looking good!
And of course, the Echinacea deserves a picture all by themselves!
So, that’s what’s happening in our garden today. Stay tuned. If you have comments or questions, remember to email me directly at maryjkisner@gmail.com. Since I also share my posts on Facebook, you can always comment there. Thanks!