You can click on any of these photos and see a larger version. I kept them small for those of you with dial-up computers.
Tomatoes - staked and stringing has begun. The quality is so much better when the plants and fruit are held up off the ground, even with mulch.
L to R, Chard, Kale, Broccoli, Cabbages
Peas on the left, on fence to keep the vines up. Beans, almost ready to flower. We plant on black plastic and then mulch with straw in between the rows of plastic. It helps preserve moisture, prevent erosion, and adds organic matter to the soil when it's tilled in in the Fall.
Peas Peas Peas = 3 varieties of shelling peas, 1 variety of snow peas and 1 variety of sugar snap peas. See all those blossoms? There will be a pea to pick from each one!
Summer Squash - many kinds. The first 40 plants are uncovered and beginning to bear. The next 3 rows are still under row cover. Ari, Catie and Chris are weeding, hoeing and mulching today.
No comments:
Post a Comment