Lettuce finally began bolting. Harvested all of it today. Most still edible. Saved one large grocery bag for myself. Gave five bags to a friend that has lots of rabbits plus wife and friends that would enjoy it.
Carrots are gaining decent size. Can harvest most of them in a week or two. Picked one this weekend and it was good.
Going to cultivate any areas without carrots tomorrow. The remaining small lettuce will be tilled under or composted. That will make it much easier to control weeds.
Pulled a lot of weeds today. Trimmed grass. Cut the front yard the other day after allowing grass to grow until it seeded. Ran the mulching mower without the bag, so the seed and mulch were spread.
Getting some flowers now. The rose bush which was here when I moved in is producing more roses than it ever has since we moved in. Strange thing is that it used to produce small red roses but is now producing pink roses twice the size they were. Nasturtium is blooming little by little. Have lots of small white flowers here and there. Think most are Alyssum.
Saw the first pumpkin flower this weekend.
Lots of tomato flowers for last couple of weeks but just saw the first tomato yesterday.
Had to tie tomato vines up for more support because they're gaining size quickly. One row is going to turn into a solid wall of tomatoes!
Dogs are still a problem. I moved lots of tomato seedlings out to harden them off. The dogs managed to pull an entire rack down and chew the plants up, killing 15 plants. I previously had hoped for 200 tomato plants. Then dropped it to 100. Now it looks like I won't reach that, either. Current count is 18 in the garden and I'm guessing somewhere between 50 and 70 will be the max I achieve this year. Oh, well. Guess it still leaves me a goal for future years.
Cilantro, dill, green beans, watermelon, pumpkin and cucumbers are all coming up nicely. Still not what I had hoped for but getting closer and closer.
Carrots are gaining decent size. Can harvest most of them in a week or two. Picked one this weekend and it was good.
Going to cultivate any areas without carrots tomorrow. The remaining small lettuce will be tilled under or composted. That will make it much easier to control weeds.
Pulled a lot of weeds today. Trimmed grass. Cut the front yard the other day after allowing grass to grow until it seeded. Ran the mulching mower without the bag, so the seed and mulch were spread.
Getting some flowers now. The rose bush which was here when I moved in is producing more roses than it ever has since we moved in. Strange thing is that it used to produce small red roses but is now producing pink roses twice the size they were. Nasturtium is blooming little by little. Have lots of small white flowers here and there. Think most are Alyssum.
Saw the first pumpkin flower this weekend.
Lots of tomato flowers for last couple of weeks but just saw the first tomato yesterday.
Had to tie tomato vines up for more support because they're gaining size quickly. One row is going to turn into a solid wall of tomatoes!
Dogs are still a problem. I moved lots of tomato seedlings out to harden them off. The dogs managed to pull an entire rack down and chew the plants up, killing 15 plants. I previously had hoped for 200 tomato plants. Then dropped it to 100. Now it looks like I won't reach that, either. Current count is 18 in the garden and I'm guessing somewhere between 50 and 70 will be the max I achieve this year. Oh, well. Guess it still leaves me a goal for future years.
Cilantro, dill, green beans, watermelon, pumpkin and cucumbers are all coming up nicely. Still not what I had hoped for but getting closer and closer.
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