This finally seems like it will be the year! Only a limited amount is growing so far but what is growing is actually the shade of emerald green which has been my goal. I've had limited and isolated success last couple of years in different spots but but this year the results are looking a lot more consistent.
The cool weather continuing (somewhat) is helping some things. Especially the carrots. I see lots of them coming up. Daughter should be really happy about that!
On the other hand, the warm weather crops are seriously confused. I guess all the crops are confused. Getting too warm for cool weather crops and too cool for warm weather crops.
So, things are off to a late start this year. Probably also means a short growing season this year. However, good chance it won't be such a hot summer and there is a greater chance of rain this year. So, even if it's a short season it should be a good one.
Still a bit of a battle with weeds but it's getting slowly easier. It is taking application of lots of weed killer outside the main garden. Just have to stick with hands and knees tactics inside the main garden. Grass is still fairly rampant. Can't quite keep up with that too well. Not too much of a problem yet, as it acts as a natural living mulch for deeper root crops. Not so great for more shallow and younger crops. It does help regulate soil temperature and surface moisture, though.
The puppies have been invading the garden and tearing some things apart. One is a follower and one is a leader. I had one more collar for the invisible fence, so I put it on the leader. Haven't had a problem since. The collar is slightly large for him but only slightly. Wasn't much else to do, since chasing them out of the garden wasn't teaching them anything except to try and not get caught or to get out of the garden when I walked out the door.
A lot of other tasks to work on, not garden-related. So, gardening time is limited. Hope to have most of the other stuff done in a few weeks.
The cool weather continuing (somewhat) is helping some things. Especially the carrots. I see lots of them coming up. Daughter should be really happy about that!
On the other hand, the warm weather crops are seriously confused. I guess all the crops are confused. Getting too warm for cool weather crops and too cool for warm weather crops.
So, things are off to a late start this year. Probably also means a short growing season this year. However, good chance it won't be such a hot summer and there is a greater chance of rain this year. So, even if it's a short season it should be a good one.
Still a bit of a battle with weeds but it's getting slowly easier. It is taking application of lots of weed killer outside the main garden. Just have to stick with hands and knees tactics inside the main garden. Grass is still fairly rampant. Can't quite keep up with that too well. Not too much of a problem yet, as it acts as a natural living mulch for deeper root crops. Not so great for more shallow and younger crops. It does help regulate soil temperature and surface moisture, though.
The puppies have been invading the garden and tearing some things apart. One is a follower and one is a leader. I had one more collar for the invisible fence, so I put it on the leader. Haven't had a problem since. The collar is slightly large for him but only slightly. Wasn't much else to do, since chasing them out of the garden wasn't teaching them anything except to try and not get caught or to get out of the garden when I walked out the door.
A lot of other tasks to work on, not garden-related. So, gardening time is limited. Hope to have most of the other stuff done in a few weeks.
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