April 24, 2016

Spring 2016 Update

written by Yvonne

Things are finally coming up. Seems like it takes twice as long as the package says for seeds to sprout, but for the most part, everything eventually does come up.

Me taking a picture of Tom taking a picture of the garden.


The first blackberry flower of the season. This photo makes the flower look huge, but it's actually quite small. I didn't even see it but on closer inspection, Tom saw it and snagged a shot.


The strawberries have been flowering for many weeks now but the flowers are hard to spot. We didn't tend these at all during the winter and they came through just fine. This is the main strawberry patch. There are two others in large pots.


When you pull back all that green, there are many of small flowers; some have started to drop their leaves and are forming the berries.


Very successful cabbage. Still probably need to thin these out because once they get big, I don't know if there will be enough space for all of them to mature.


Collards doing GREAT.

This is Swill Chard which was planted several weeks after the collards.


The lettuce has come on full force. It's actually bigger than this now and we've even begun eating from it. Adding arugula to our lunch salad is such a treat!


(Ants view of the lettuce.)


The peas haven't taken off like I'd hoped, but this one is coming along OK.


To the left is a patch of carrots and the larger plant on the right is beans.



Kale.


Spinach is WAY disappointing. I planted two full packs of seeds in the area and this is all that's come up.


This is oregano that came back after winter. I'll be drying some more soon because we just ran out.


This is thyme that also came back after the winter. I planted parsley and cilantro a few weeks ago but no signs of it yet. Most herbs don't want to come out until it's consistently super hot weather. We've been having a beautiful cool spring so I'm not giving up on these seeds just yet.


An overview of the Spring garden after a good rain.


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