Looks like I put the whole message in the title. Yes, each year I start letting the blueberries ripen and I get some. And just when I think I'm safe, I come out and discover that the birds have taken...not all the blue ones, just those that are perfectly ripe. And that's the end of the blueberries, since the birds will now carefully manage to harvest them as they ripen, leaving none for me.
And so much for the cat.
This does look like an excellent year for the kholrabis. I even planted them in two "shifts" so they wouldn't all get big at once. We had some tonight roasted, and they were good.
As for the raspberries, I'm picking about a cup a day now. Not bad.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Three berry day
Not a lot, but unusual to get strawberries, blueberries and raspberries all in the same day.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Taking stock
Spring things are finishing up. So here's what I got:
The lettuce is coming in. There is too much of it, despite my best efforts. Here's a nice head:
I tried planting some in April, and I do see small lettuce plants. I don't know how well these will do once it gets hot.
I got some swiss chard and spinach. But the plants---especially the spinach---didn't grow as much I thought they might. I got less than half a pound of spinach from a five foot row...didn't really seem very much. Still, it was nice to grow it.
And in this case I picked the outer leaves. It looks like the plants are now growing new leaves, so this might not be the end.
The kale hasn't grown as much as it did in years past. Hoping for the first harvest next week. Maybe thinning out and hotter weather will help.
Kholrabis are coming along just fine, thank you. Looking forward to a few of them very soon.
Strawberries did produce, for about a week at a rate of almost 1 quart per day. I am afraid I may have lost most of the end of the harvest to the torrential rains starting this weekend. But I see a few blueberries...no birds yet.
The broccoli rabi was a complete bust.
Now it's time to turn to the tomatoes (plants are starting to grow), cucumbers (still very small), squash (also very small) and similar things. What we mainly need is some sunny weather.
The lettuce is coming in. There is too much of it, despite my best efforts. Here's a nice head:
I tried planting some in April, and I do see small lettuce plants. I don't know how well these will do once it gets hot.
I got some swiss chard and spinach. But the plants---especially the spinach---didn't grow as much I thought they might. I got less than half a pound of spinach from a five foot row...didn't really seem very much. Still, it was nice to grow it.
And in this case I picked the outer leaves. It looks like the plants are now growing new leaves, so this might not be the end.
The kale hasn't grown as much as it did in years past. Hoping for the first harvest next week. Maybe thinning out and hotter weather will help.
Kholrabis are coming along just fine, thank you. Looking forward to a few of them very soon.
Strawberries did produce, for about a week at a rate of almost 1 quart per day. I am afraid I may have lost most of the end of the harvest to the torrential rains starting this weekend. But I see a few blueberries...no birds yet.
The broccoli rabi was a complete bust.
Now it's time to turn to the tomatoes (plants are starting to grow), cucumbers (still very small), squash (also very small) and similar things. What we mainly need is some sunny weather.
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