The garden is loving the taste of spring weather we're having this week. 60 and sunny out..........I can almost hear the plants growing!
I know this isn't a picture of the veggie garden, but it just screamed Spring!!! to me. Veggie seedlings just didn't have a 'wow' factor!
The rhubarb looks full grown and it is barely spring. I've harvested a couple times already and will be sharing with freecycle by next week. There is no reason I have 4 hills of rhubarb. I'm still finding packages of this in the freezer from last season. Must share another hill.
Broccoli, brussel sprouts and strawberries are all growing like crazy. Berries are starting to set; there are at least twice what I had last season.
Sugar snap peas, bush green beans, radishes and cucumbers were all planted from seed and they are now all up and putting on true leaves.
Still no sign of the lettuce mix I put in from seed. Hmmmm Might have to re do this one. Cilantro not up either, but it was planted most recently.
And, there is a row of something coming up, but it was before I made my vow to mark everything, so.....it's a wait & see crop!
Cosmos from seed are coming up; I love having flowers among my veggies as I think it helps bring the bees to the garden. Sweet William and Love in the Mist also planted from seed.........no sign of the seedlings yet. Lupine seedlings are growing great.
This is the time in my garden where there seems to be little to do......compared to the getting ready to plant stage.....or the keep up with the harvest stage. I'd better pull up a bench in the garden & enjoy it!
A Garden Update
May 10th, 2007 at 01:42 am
May 10th, 2007 at 02:10 am 1178763049
I laughed at your reference to the rhubarb. I was recently clearing out the corners of the freezer and found one frosty bag of stalks. I relinquished it to the compost - my three plants are ready to be picked, and it looks like a bumper crop again. There's not a real good reason to have three plants either! My daughters used to have a bus driver who commented how much he and his wife loved rhubarb, and I was able to pass along plenty to him. He's gone now, so I make due with baking with it, and freezing a bit, and well, pass it along to anyone making even a vague reference to rhubarb. Spring is here!
May 10th, 2007 at 02:26 am 1178764002
I've freecycled one of the new plants already this season, and should do another one. Which would still leave me with too many! What was I thinking???
May 10th, 2007 at 05:09 am 1178773740
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May 11th, 2007 at 04:15 am 1178856901
Thanks for sharing your rhody picture. Lilacs next, eh?
May 12th, 2007 at 10:45 pm 1179009929