Things have been pretty busy around these parts. I took a trip with my dad to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during Memorial Day weekend to visit family and attend a memorial service for my Great Grandma. It was a sad occasion but nice to see so much family. But it was hard to leave my wife, kids and even my garden. I knew that there would be some damage control to be had when I returned.
After driving most of Sunday night, we got in to Lansing around 2:30 AM Monday morning. Dad had promised to stay and help me in the garden on Memorial day (May 27th). His help with weeding around established crops was huge. While he did that I was able to finally get my warm weather crops going in the garden. That means tomatoes (Black cherry and Italian heirloom), basil (Italian and lime), peppers (red bell, cayenne, Serrano, and Ghost), beans (pole and bush), zucchini and summer squash were all put into the dirt either as transplants or direct seeded. Here are some pictures of the new crops and some of the old.
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| Broccoli with flower ground cover acting as a living mulch. I'm keeping a decent radius around the stem clear so it doesn't have to compete as much for water and food sources. |
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| Carrot rows |
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| Chioggia Beets |
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| Mini Purplette bulbing onions |
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| More carrots |
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| Golden Beets |
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| Romaine and Simpson lettuce |
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| Spinach |
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| More spinach and radishes |
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| Peas |
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| Spinach and radishes |
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| Peppers, tomatoes and basil. Hard to see all of it but it's in there! |
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| Poles. For Pole beans. Boom. |
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| Squash and Zucchini plants |
And then yesterday, the 30th of May, I direct seeded a row each of cucumbers, melon and acorn squash starting just to the right of the squash and zucchini you see pictures above. We'll see how they are sprouting in a week or so.
Also, not pictured, is the fact that I had about 3 broccoli and cauliflower plants just stripped to the stem. Leaves pretty much all gone. This is off on a side bed and amongst some beets, spinach and radishes. The other plants do not seem to be suffering any ill effects. I knew this was coming as I'd see some holes here and there the last week or two but every time I looked at the plant and under the leaves, I could not spot any signs of bugs or caterpillars or anything really. I guess I'll go to one of the nurseries and see what they recommend for organic ways to kill off a mystery bug. It could be beetles too I suppose. What a bummer. Any suggestions are welcome.
I've got a few bare patches where I've been harvesting my radishes and I believe I am going to put in some bush beans. They are a nice filler crop as they generally mature in about 60 days and are fairly compact. Plus, who doesn't like fresh garden beans??
On another note, we have Peony's on the side of our driveway that are so beautiful and just getting ready to pop open.
One of my favorite flowers. I'll take some more pictures when they are fully in bloom.
Until then!
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