Spring Veggies Update

Spring vegetables are all up (for the most part) and doing great!

When I went to upload these pictures, I was surprised to see quite a few of the garden that I didn't recognize--many of them quite good.

Yup, my 5 year old had borrowed my camera.

I was impressed, actually, at how well they turned out.

I especially like the closeup of the onions and the in-your-face broccoli leaf.

So the pictures that are from a sunny day are his, the ones from the rainy day are mine.

 

Just for future comparisons, these were taken about a week ago (May 20/21).

 

Onions, indestructible onions.

 Onions, up close.

 

Peas

Only 3 or 4 came up over on the onion side of the trellis, so I bought some new seed and replanted a bunch. It looks like most are coming up this time. Hooray!

It won't hurt to extend our harvest a bit.

Those sad little plants laying on their sides are tomatoes: blown over in a crazy wind storm.

Peas climbing the trellis. 

 

My oregano has doubled in size!

It's gigantic and I'm loving it!

I don't know how much space I can let it take over, though, so I may start slicing off starts to share.

 Plus, 2 lonely garlic moved from the top terrace.

 

Potatoes coming up full and bushy. 

 

 I've hilled them up now a couple of times, so the dirt is almost even now.

(Remember, I started off with holes.)

The ones in back are very slowly peeking up.

They'd better hurry, otherwise they'll be shaded by the ones in front.

 



L-R: Broccoli, carrots, spinach/beets (sharing a row)

 

We've picked the spinach several times, now.

I'd like to plant more of it next year. 

 

Looks like it may be about time to thin the beets.

The broccoli is all very healthy-looking so far.

I was given the starts by a friend: 3 left out of a homegrown 4-pack.

Each cell had 2 plants growing in it.

I separated most of them out before I planted them in the garden, but the two sharing the last cell looked a bit weaker than the rest, so I just planted them together and let them be for awhile.

I just recently separated out those last two, giving me 6 plants altogether.

They seem to be doing fine, with no transplant shock. Hooray!