Time to Spring into Action

Now that spring weather is warming up it is time to get gardening right away. Although the month of May was not very cooperative in terms of temperatures June seems to be much more normal. I have pretty much planted everything into the garden from my dill and alyssum to my tomatoes and my spring crop. There were a couple of rain days recently and I wanted to take advantage of that so I moved as fast as I could in order to get all to most of my plants into the ground. There are just a couple of tomatoes that I will have to add to the garden, but for the most part everything is either planted or sowed.

Broccoli, kale, brussel sprouts, and cabbage are part of my spring crop that I planted into the garden about a month ago and some of them are ready for harvesting. I am using a broccoli variety that can last through the hot summer months and should produce a good harvest hopefully. Cabbage is not ready yet, but is still growing strong at the moment. Brussel sprout will take a little bit more time for any kind of harvest. Kale on the other hand is probably just about ready to pick some of the large older leaves.

My cucumbers that I had started indoors were also transplanted into the garden at the same time as my spring crop. I thought the weather was going to be a little bit better for my cucumbers, but they were able to survive the transplant and the cool temperatures didn’t do too much damage to the leaves. They are now producing healthy vines and I look forward to getting as much cucumbers as possible this season.

Both corn and potatoes were as well planted into the ground in the middle of May. My corn is starting to sprout and I am still waiting for my potatoes to start popping out of the ground. I am seeing some leaves that are starting to break the top layer of soil, but I am still waiting for all the others to start growing and showing progress.

On the other hand I have been harvesting my strawberries this entire month and have received more than I have ever picked before in a single season. The first harvest was only four pounds of strawberries, but the next two were over nine pounds of strawberries. I still have more to pick, but the season is starting to wind down for my berries and looking to start harvesting other summer or spring crops.