Sunday, May 31, 2009

garden update

Its been a while since I posted any kind of garden related content...and Jeff is sick of seeing Air Bart, so here are a couple of pix from the veggie patch. Here's where things stand at the end of May:



In the left hand row, from front to back, there are brussel sprouts, zucchini, arugula and lettuce. The next row in also has some growth, although its harder to pick out...a few beets, acorn squash and spinach have come up and a strong showing from the radishes. The beans haven't done so well...I replanted a bunch today (cucumbers too), but there are also a couple of varieties of carrots that i'm holding out hope for. the other prominent feature to the left of the planks are the peas...i've got some trellises at the ready to help them go vertical.

To the right of the planks, there are onions, peppers, eggplants, a couple of dead or comatose artichokes (RIP), all kinds of herbs, several varieties of heirloom tomatoes and a half dozen rutgers tomatoes, so that I can get a little Jersey in Westchester! There are also some broccoli rabe, broccoli regulars, and romanesco cauliflour seedlings that are coming up...and the last round of seeds are germinating for the summer garden: okra and more peppers.

I'm hoping that I'll be able to start sampling some of the lettuce in the next few weeks...there won't be any proper vegetables for at least a month, but I'm anxious to start eating something before the groundhogs discover the patch...

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