Although the weather person said Sunny with Some Clouds, the sky is a complete mix of blue, black and white! (Kind of like my legs look after a day in the garden and at the beginning of spring.) We've even had our share of thunder today which means lightening is somewhere!
Definitely not going to the dirt today!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Mom Always Said To Eat Your Vegetables
Picked the last of the rainbow Swiss Chard. This is a crop that does very well at this elevation for the winter garden. I purchased 2 - 6 paks of Bright Lights Swiss Chard from the big box garden store. We have enjoyed from these 12 plants all winter and spring. They were still producing well, but it is in a space in which I want the red bell peppers.
I still have one area, actually 3 square feet, with regular Swiss Chard that I'm going to let remain for the summer. I'm going to try to plant seeds in between the plants to keep that space going all year long.
The building up of the potato bed went well. I took straw and covered the lower leaves of the plants. They were about 6 inches tall. Then covered the straw with compost. Saw this in Sunset Magazine. This should increase thepotato yield...... when do I harvest potatoes??????????
P.S..... buying a bale of straw was easier said than done! Went to Lee's Feed in Shingle Springs. Took the old Jeep for this dirty job. Needless to say straw ALL OVER that vehicle. While cleaning it out, straw got out on the driveway... wind came up.... now straw all over our front lawn and the neighbors..... ooooops, sorry guys!
I still have one area, actually 3 square feet, with regular Swiss Chard that I'm going to let remain for the summer. I'm going to try to plant seeds in between the plants to keep that space going all year long.
The building up of the potato bed went well. I took straw and covered the lower leaves of the plants. They were about 6 inches tall. Then covered the straw with compost. Saw this in Sunset Magazine. This should increase thepotato yield...... when do I harvest potatoes??????????
P.S..... buying a bale of straw was easier said than done! Went to Lee's Feed in Shingle Springs. Took the old Jeep for this dirty job. Needless to say straw ALL OVER that vehicle. While cleaning it out, straw got out on the driveway... wind came up.... now straw all over our front lawn and the neighbors..... ooooops, sorry guys!
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