The cold weather and then the hot dry weather has passed and the weather has turned to normal for this time of the year. So.....I finally managed to get the home garden cleaned up this weekend.
The Right Cold Frame Bed
is planted with onions and carrots under the boards. I use Granny's Seed Mat Method.It works great!
The Left Cold Frame Bed
is planted with Asian Veggies, Kale, Collards and Lettuce
The over-wintered Spinach is really taking off!
I harvest this nice big colander of spinach on Sunday
"The Italian" sautéed it with olive oil and garlic....yum!
The Peas finally sprouted after our rain this past week!
They're all popping through the ground!
I usually plant my early Tomatoes in this bed.
This year I sowed 2 rows of Little Marvel Peas and 2 rows of Carrots.
Slicing Cucumbers will be sown on the right side in about a month
The Herb Garden has been cleaned out.
It was a mess from that Sandy blowing through here last fall!
The Rosemary made it through the winter for the first time!
Lots of Happy Daffodils in the Herb Garden too!
In the basement, there are a few Large Tomatoes......
smaller tomatoes......
and even smaller tomatoes!
They will be a nice size when it's time to plant them out.
There are a lot of peppers growing....medium and small
Way too much Celery!!
Cauliflower, Cabbage & Eggplant
The Broccoli has already be planted at the plots.
I'll post on the plots tomorrow.
So, how's your garden coming along???
It's about time you posted, young lady. I was about to send The Blog Squad out after you ;-)
ReplyDeleteDo you think you're going to have enough tomato plants this year? All of your seedlings look great, and hooray for peas sprouting. I think I had three shelling peas show up from probably 100 seeds sown. I'm beginning to lose hope for further germination. Luckily the sugar snaps are doing just fine.
Thanks Granny, I'm happy to hear that you have missed me :)
DeleteI planted those peas 3 weeks ago. The soil was so so dry that they didn't sprout until we had a good rain. Maybe you need to re-sow your peas. A couple of years ago most of mine rotted from too much rain and I had to re-sow them.
Yes, I think we will be fine in the tomato department this year! I also grow them for other people. To date, I think I have about 15 extras. Those will be given to others at the plots.
If I remember correctly, you used to say you could not grow spinach?! Judging by that nice bunch of overwintered spinach you obviously can grow spinach VERY WELL. Glad you are back blogging. I have been struggling just to get a blog a week written. Up to my eyeballs in too many things at the moment. :D
ReplyDeleteLaura, overwintering is the only way I am successful at growing spinach. Hopefully, I will be freezing some soon!
DeleteI know what you mean about being too busy to blog!
Good to see your update!! Hooray for overwintered surprises!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Holly! It looks like we should have a good spinach harvest!
DeleteWow! Envious of you spinach-we can't seem to grow the stuff here.
ReplyDeleteHi Alison, I was never successful at growing it either. One fall, out of frustration, I threw a bunch of seeds in the ground....and the next spring we had spinach! That's the only way I am successful at growing it!
DeleteWay too much celery? I bet with all those plants ours would fail to develop edible parts but we are trying yet again.
ReplyDeleteSue, I have had pretty good success growing celery. Maybe you need to try a different variety. I think I was lucky in choosing the correct variety the first time I tried growing it. I grow Golden Self-Blanching. This year I planted another variety also. We shall see if the reason I've been successful is the variety I have been growing or not. Good Luck!
DeleteToo much celery? Is there such a thing???
ReplyDeleteYour seedlings look so "stocky" and healthy. Mine always get spindly.
Sue, last year I harvest 17 lbs of celery! I gave some away and froze quite a bit. I think we are down to just a couple of packages left. I thought it was way too much...but, I guess not! Good luck with yours this year!
DeleteMy peas are just starting to come up too. It was so dry before last week.I was wondering if I would have to resow.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I couldn't get over how dry the soil was this spring. I guess we needed more snow over the winter!
Deleteyay nice to see a post from you! Everything is looking great!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mrs.P! I've just been so busy with everything!
DeleteLife has a way of getting Busy! great post with all those healthy seedlings and lovely surprise for you with the overwintered spinach, love the way The Italian cooked it. We have experienced a really dry,hot summer(good for peppers/eggplants) and now into a very dry Autumn so no seeds or seedlings planted out yet.
ReplyDeleteYes Andrea, life sure does have a way of getting busy! We have been enjoying ourselves though!
DeleteI'm very pleased with the spinach. Hopefully you'll get some much needed rain and you can plant out some fall veggies.
I need to do carrot mats next year and have them ready to plant when I am itching to get out gardening! Your spinach is wonderful. Mine finally grew some too. Wishing my peas would pop through nicely like yours. Still not seeing much. Your seedling starts look wonderful and you sure have a lot of them!! No wonder you have not had time to blog. Nancy
ReplyDeleteNancy, Granny's seed mats work great! I have been using them for a few years now. Most of those seedling starts have homes at the plots or for others. I sure hope your peas start popping!
Deletethat's a lot of seedlings and they look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Erin! It's a lot to tend to. I'm always happy when they are in the ground!
Deleteeverything looks great
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