Early Summer

Hey y’all.  Strawberries have been picked, Mr. E wrapped his first season of Tball on Monday, Kindergarten ends next week, the community pool opens this Saturday … summer has arrived.

Garden-wise, the past month has been all leafy greens, all the time.  But now the spinach is long gone and I just yanked all my bolting lettuce plants last Saturday to make room for other stuff.  All told, I harvested 3 lbs. of spinach and around 6 lbs. of lettuce.  I’m pretty happy with that.  Cut a few heads of broccoli yesterday with more to come.  Kale’s up and ready, but the Mrs. hasn’t had a hankering for it yet and neither have I, so it will stay there for a while.  The arugula I left to its own devices.  Beets are still growing as no critters have pilfered them (yet).  But the peas aren’t doing so well.  When it was time to plant, the 2nd bed wasn’t ready yet and I chose a spot that doesn’t get sun until 11am or so, thus the anemic growth.  Next year they’ll get better treatment.

Been getting the potatoes (Yukon Gold, Russian Banana Fingerling) established for almost a month now in the grow bags.  The dirt is near the brim, so nothing to do now except wait until August.   With the lettuce gone, I put in my pepper seedlings (bell, jalapeno) and pole beans (Fortex).  The new raised bed has the majority of my tomato seedlings, along with three bush bean (Provider) seedlings and some corn (Dorinny).

And so I find myself out of room with melon, cucumber and squash seedlings in waiting.  Not to worry dear readers, I got a sunny spot all scoped out, soon to be cleared.  Landscaping be damned.

For documentation’s sake, a final list of crops planted: spinach, lettuce, swiss chard, kale, arugula, broccoli, beets, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, pole beans, bush beans, corn, melons, squash, zucchini, cucumbers.