Partial Overview of New Garden Plot
I'm so happy with the way my new garden plot is producing - the soil amendments I did are starting to pay off. It is quite a big plot and I didn't have enough compost for it so I'm trying biochar this year along with the well aged manure that comes up with clover (makes for a double manure as the clover is a nitrogen fixer), peat moss and wood ash.
I'm getting loads of cucumbers and got 12 jars of pickles done up plus lots of fresh eating and I've been sharing bagfuls with my neighbors.
Cucumber Harvest Turned Into Dill Pickles
The other thing I'm excited about is that the cauliflower is producing big beautiful heads. I just about didn't put any in for I didn't have much luck with them in other years. I'm happy I did grow some for they seem to like this garden.
The other big crop I'm happy with is the garlic which I put a lot of effort into producing. I had to rescue it after the neighbor's boy who plows our lane in the winter thought he was doing us a favor by removing the snow off the open area that usually drifts onto the lane. Usually I'd be happy he did that but not only did he remove the snow but he removed the mulch and some garlic bulbs and pushed them into a pile. I was just sick when I saw what he had done once the snow melted in Spring but then I saw the garlic bulbs beginning to sprout in the pile so I dug them out and placed them back into their plot and they grew into beautiful big garlic heads.
Fresh Pulled Garlic By Flowering Caster Bean
Partial Harvest of Garlic Curing on Rack
I love how the wildflowers came up along with some perennial flowers I had by the garden which had the place just buzzing with bees and other pollinators! I love the purple fireweed and the Valerian and delphinium combination.
Wild flowers Blooming Behind Brassica Plants Under Row Cover
The beans were a little slow getting going for I planted them when it was cool and wet and some seeds rotted - lesson learned - I don't gain anything by planting the warm weather crops to early, I'm better to wait until the warmer weather arrives. I did get my first picking of beans though and there are lots of blooms with promises of more to come.
Bean Plants in Full Bloom
Out of my hoop house/covered garden, I've been picking cucumbers (yes I have more cucumbers in there which I thought would be my main crop - the field cucumber were an afterthought when I saw the quack grass coming up.I had some black plastic to cover it with and cut some holes in it to plant cucumbers - they loved it there) and a few cherry tomatoes. My main crop of tomatoes in the hoop house were a disaster. I had bought some seed starting mix which I continued using as I potted up my seedlings. I don't know what they did to the soil but the plants did not do well at all, totally stressed them out so they are not producing at all. Luckily I had some other tomatoes growing in big pots down by my new garden which are producing really well - in fact I'll be making my first harvest of vine ripened tomatoes today. I've been picking the celery there too.
First Batch of Tomatoes to Ripen on the Vine
We've had some nice feed of the snow peas but I didn't get the water to them soon enough when we had the real hot dry spell so I think they are pretty much done for the season.
That's pretty much it for the veggies besides my salad and pesto pickings and my other herbs which are doing well.
Bruno Watching Over Pots of Basil and Lemon Verbena
JJ Snoozing in the Shade of My Rosemary Plants
Surprise Poppy Blossom - Self Seeded in My Container Garden
This is my entry to what use to be @simplymike 's Hive Community Garden Journal Challenge which has been taken over by @riverflows (so glad you took this on Rivers for I love seeing all the different gardens from around the world!) Find the details here
All photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
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