The gardeners have been scrambling this past week trying to cram months of weather-delayed tasks into one short week and it will take them some time to get caught up.
RAINBOW CHARD | The rainbow chard, which was under a frost protection row cover all winter, is beautiful. This photo was before the gardeners removed the luxuriant crop of weeds that thrived undercover as well. It’s ready for harvesting.
PURPLE BROCCOLI | The gardeners will harvest the last of the purple broccoli this week before they remove the plants in preparation for tilling the ground.
BAY LEAVES | We have plenty of bay leaves in the garden. Naturally, they are attached to branches on four well-established bay shrubs.
LOVAGE | Spring is definitely here because the lovage is back!
MICRO-GREENS | The gardeners are adding in warm season micro-greens into their planting rotation. Typically, they take longer to germinate than cool-season varieties, so they need some time. The gardeners have also increased production of micro-greens in general in anticipation of a busy kitchen.
SLUG EGGS | This is the longest period of dry days the garden has had in months. It has allowed the soil to dry enough for the gardeners to be able to weed without getting stuck in the mud. Look what was discovered — slug eggs. Too bad the cats don’t add eating slugs and slug caviar into their diet!
BEES | The bees have kept the gardeners busy this week because the weather was finally warm enough to start proactive measures to reduce swarming pressure. They are hopeful of a good honey yield. Fortunately, blooming plants are also delayed by weather. So the bees should be focused on finding food and not swarming!
Come on out to the garden to see what else is growing!
The Allison
