A Few Weeks Later

We haven't been as meticulous with or record keeping as we had planned. Our broccoli, cabbage and spinach remain the all stars of the garden. The lettuce can't seem to catch a break. The peas and beans are making a good effort. Most of the cilantro died, but the remaining bit is seeding. It hasn't been warm enough for the tomatoes to really take off.

Week 1

Monday:
Watered plants.
Gave them snail repellent and Kellogg organic plant fertilizer.  

Tuesday:
Nothing

Wednesday:
Watered plants.

Thursday:
Nothing

Friday:
Watered plants.

Saturday:
Nothing

Sunday:
Watered plants.

Notes:

Everything looks like it's in good shape. Our asparagus seemed to have grown the most. We just learned from a friend that they can get as big as an artichoke plant. Oy! There's not enough room. Hmmm...we also found out that it takes more than one season to produce anything. I definitely have a greater appreciation for asparagus at the store. 


Our beans are looking a bit scraggly. They were scraggly when we bought them. So, we'll see. Our snow peas look like their itching to grab something, but they're not taking to our lattice. We'll have to construct bean tee-pees this weekend. We have spare tomato poles. 

First Planting

This weekend, we did our first planting for the season. In our little plot, we have the following veggies and herbs: 

Aspargus
Beans
Broccoli 
Big Boy Hybrid Tomatoes
Cilantro
Green Zebra Tomatoes
Heirloom Tomatoes
Red Cabbage
Red Leaf Lettuce
Romaine Lettuce
Snow Peas 
Spinach


This year is the biggest garden that we have ever had. We're experimenting since the veggie 4-packs at the local hardware store were only $0.58. We'll see what success we'll have this year. I'm hoping to document our successes and blunders, so next year's garden can be even more successful.