Late June Update

Well, my regular blog isn't the only thing I have been neglecting lately.  No changes have occurred in the gardens since the last post other than how everything has grown.  With that, here's the traditional looks at the garden.

More Planting, Little Growth Yet

Today in the west garden Kate planted more microgreen seeds at the top right of the pea trellis where the peas didn't come up.  These pics are from yesterday, before today's planting, but really it looks the same.














On May 26 Kate added 4 strawberry plants to the ones the squirrels left us, so now there are 8 or 9 total.  Also today, Kate planted more leaf lettuce above the raspberry plants on the right.















The left side of the compost bin is what we acquired all last year and even some early spring stuff this year.  You can see it is almost pure dirt already.  This year's compostables go into the right side.  I wasn't sure it would be ready in one year but we will be able to add it to the garden this fall or early next spring.

More Planting

More plants arrived on Friday and Kate planted them the same night.  It was a busy weekend so I'm finally posting about it.  I had her draw me up a map so I could share what is there, and just to make it quicker here's a pic of the map she drew.  No I'm not lazy, just imaginative!

Actually, the garlic is mostly above the peppers in the west garden, though there was supposed to be more garlic below those as well.  It was planted last fall and, well, never came up this spring.

More Plants

More of Kate's plants arrived yesterday and were planted last night.  I'm too tired to have Kate make me a little map so I can share what is where, I'll save that for the next post.

Quick Notes

Just a quick update to note 2 things:  The posts are in for the raspberry trellis and last night was a frost warning so we covered the east (nearest) garden with a sheet.  Other than that, not much to say yet.

Berry Planting

Yesterday was a nice day, relatively, this spring for us.  The cool weather has our spring plants behind in their growth, most things have barely started.  But we had plants that needed to be planted before they died, so Kate spent several hours in the garden and yard getting it done.  Me?  I slept in, my butt was dragging all day, but I was out there some and got pictures.  I also took a trip to the hardware store and some other errands so I didn't feel totally worthless.  Anyway there are more creeping phlox planted in the tree area (pic over here), and two types of rapberries and ever-bearing strawberries now planted here in the east (right) garden.

A Break From April Showers

Finally the rain gave us a break - see my rant yesterday here - and we finally got a dry day to do some work on the garden.  Of course, the forecast calls for rain 6 out of the next 7 days again.  Saturday looks to be dry as of now, and if so then we (Kate) may be able to get the strawberries in plus some plants around the yard.

We added 2 cubic feet of composted manure and 2 cu ft of garden soil to the east garden, closest in the pic, and 1.5 cu ft of the composted manure at the top of the west garden where Kate has put in a trellis for the peas, also planted this afternoon.  We have 2 cu ft of garden soil and 1.5 cu ft of composted manure left over for adding later, saving for next year or using around the yard where needed.

Garden Spring Cleaning

It is a nice day out with temps in the 50's, good enough to get a start on the garden.  We cleaned up the dead strawberry plants removed most of the hay that was covering the garlic, the rows that are visible.  I also removed excess dirt from the center path and caulked up the seams that were leaking that dirt out of the garden.  I made an attempt to turn the compost, but under the loose dry stuff it was like a block of ice yet.  That's all for today, but I foresee a flurry of activity back here in the coming weeks.

Spring 2013

Okay, time to shake off the cobwebs around here and get ready.  It is officially Spring as of this past Wednesday so all things should be go, right?  Well, Mother Nature is a bit behind schedule this year, not surprising considering the type of schedule she kept last spring and summer.  I snuck back to take this photo on Friday, today there is a fresh layer of snow on top... again. 

Plans have been made and made again, it is almost time to get busy.  When?  Well, I guess we'll see.

Last Pics 2012

Barring anything unforeseen, this is the last post until signs of Spring.  Have a good Winter.