My rhubarb is just starting to come up. Interesting thought of harvesting it early. It’s been putting energy into the roots. I should be able to take some and not hurt anything. I usually wait until June.
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EbS-P
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Added a second 4x10 hoop house for all the short growing bags. Tomatoes are getting strung up. I have 6 plants setting fruit. Some doubles may get yanked. How many tomatoes do I really need
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
It is a bit odd. Actually, Seattle is much further north. Long Island is around latitude 40ºN. Seattle is at 47.6ºN, which is north of Bangor, Maine. Odder still, Paris is a little further north of Seattle, more like the WA/Canada border.
Corn and squash plants are in the ground and looking good. The test tomatoes and peppers are doing well outside under cover too. We have a couple of cooler nights (41º) predicted so I will be planting the rest of the tomatoes under remay fabric next week. Baby carrots are sprouting and the broccoli is about 10" tall.
We'll be harvesting the outdoor crop of tatsoi tomorrow. It looks beautiful, but is starting to flower.
We'll be harvesting the outdoor crop of tatsoi tomorrow. It looks beautiful, but is starting to flower.
EbS-P
Minister of Fire
All our white cauliflower has been harvested. Waiting to see if the purple we planted makes a head. None yet. Bugs are now getting active.
Lots and lots of peppers inside my house waiting to go outside. We usually wait until may 24 to plant outside so we're getting close. I have a few more seeds that I want to get going in the window sill also.
I set most of my tomatoes outside today in a remay tunnel. I have had two planted out there for the past 10 days and they're fine. The soil temperature is staying at or above 55º which is sufficient for them.
EbS-P
Minister of Fire
DuaeGuttae
Minister of Fire
Those look great, @EbS-P . What variety are they?
Around here we just finished putting tomatoes in the ground last week ahead of some expected rain this weekend. I noticed that my little Maglia Rosa has a flower, but we’re a long way from ripe fruit.
I took some pictures this weekend of various plants that are growing.
Eggplants and Peppers. [Flea beetles have found the eggplants; I’ll probably dust them with diatomaceous earth when the chances of storms lessen.]
Garlic with daylilies in the background. The trellis is for red noodle yardlong beans which are just starting to sprout from seed.
Blueberries that are loaded with fruit. We’ll need to get bird netting on if we’re going to have any harvest.
More garlic, lettuce, mustard, radishes, and a little kale in the background.
Another trellis for bush beans, a hill of sweet potatoes, and peas growing in front of blackberries in the background.
One area of tomatoes with rhubarb in the background. Outside the garden fence is one trunk of a double-trucked alilanthus tree my husband and I removed on Saturday. We plan to turn the branch wood and leaves into more mulch for the garden.
A glimpse of the big strawberry patch and some starts of stevia and rosemary that I grew from seed. They’re now in a pot so that I can overwinter them indoors.
My hope with stevia is to add it to fruit smoothies this summer some sweetness without sugar. I did a test with some yogurt and strawberries with a few leaves I pinched off. It worked surprisingly well even without blending. I’m not a huge fan of stevia powder, but the leaves are a bit milder.
Around here we just finished putting tomatoes in the ground last week ahead of some expected rain this weekend. I noticed that my little Maglia Rosa has a flower, but we’re a long way from ripe fruit.
I took some pictures this weekend of various plants that are growing.
Eggplants and Peppers. [Flea beetles have found the eggplants; I’ll probably dust them with diatomaceous earth when the chances of storms lessen.]
Garlic with daylilies in the background. The trellis is for red noodle yardlong beans which are just starting to sprout from seed.
Blueberries that are loaded with fruit. We’ll need to get bird netting on if we’re going to have any harvest.
More garlic, lettuce, mustard, radishes, and a little kale in the background.
Another trellis for bush beans, a hill of sweet potatoes, and peas growing in front of blackberries in the background.
One area of tomatoes with rhubarb in the background. Outside the garden fence is one trunk of a double-trucked alilanthus tree my husband and I removed on Saturday. We plan to turn the branch wood and leaves into more mulch for the garden.
A glimpse of the big strawberry patch and some starts of stevia and rosemary that I grew from seed. They’re now in a pot so that I can overwinter them indoors.
My hope with stevia is to add it to fruit smoothies this summer some sweetness without sugar. I did a test with some yogurt and strawberries with a few leaves I pinched off. It worked surprisingly well even without blending. I’m not a huge fan of stevia powder, but the leaves are a bit milder.
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