What’s Growing?

Using a wheel hoe.

In the spring we watch the weather reports closely to weigh the risk of planting too early and losing our new plants to freeze and frost.   We’re often out until it’s too dark to see our boots anymore, squeezing as much garden and farmwork into our days as we can.  All the plowing and harrowing has been done for now.  Six thousand little onions and over four hundred broccoli plants have been tucked into their rows, one by one. Rows of  beets, lettuces, turnips, peas, carrots, garlic, Asian greens including bok choi and spinach  are all marching through Abundance, Bountiful, Paradies, Hazon and Teikei Gardens.

All the Karola potatoes have been planted; those in the hoop house and in Teikei are promising early new potatoes.  With the help of a horse-drawn potato planter, the entire large area of Abundance Garden is  in potatoes.

Our early Asian greens including pak choi are popping out.  Winter-dormant lettuce, spinach and kale have awakened from their soggy naps to stretch new growth into the spring sunshine we’re getting these days.

The peas have their trellises and are discovering how to attach and climb.

Tomato plants have been settled into our newest and largest hoop house in Boo Radley, a new growing area just west of the barn.

Outside in other garden patches we have rhubarb, asparagus and herbs growing.  Zinnia and other cottage flower seed will be sown soon.