Spring garden almost done
It's June and it's been hot here. I know July and August are going to be "worse" so I'm amazed that lettuce hasn't wilted yet. It's time to start thinking about the summer/fall planting.
I pulled the last of the mustard spinach this week. Some of it had gone to seed, which makes it even more bitter than usual. My wife didn't like it too much from the start, so I probably won't plant that again. I personally liked it in bologna and cheese sandwiches, and by itself with buttered bread (spinach sandwich?).
Also pulled the radishes, which didn't turn out so well. A couple of them came out looking and tasting like what you'd expect, but most had a tougher, woody skin and didn't taste good at all. I think they may have been crowded, so I've left a few in for another week with room to grow to see if that helps, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll have to research what went wrong, I'm sure I'm not the first to have this happen.
Everything else is growing well. The marigolds in bed#1 are monstrous, but still don't have blooms. I'll have to see if that's the soil or weather doing that. The single echinacea plant that grew is doing amazingly well, but I know it's not going to be enough for more than one or two doses so I'm hoping it can go on the summer/fall planting list to make up. Carrots stalks are looking good, I just hope the veg is doing the same, and the peas are going CRAZY! If nothing else comes out of the garden, I'm confident we'll have tomatoes, snap peas and green beans probably in enough quantity to can or at least freeze.
I'm hoping to perhaps grow parsnips or turnips for the fall, but I'll have to see what's involved. Well, time to get that planting list started, some of my favorite places to read up on zones and planting times are the farmers almanac websites as well as the seed distributors.
