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holding four strawberries in my hand.

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.

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Various vegeables harvested recently

Spring Crops That Survived Through the Summer and Into Fall

Right now I still have broccoli and kale which were both planted in the spring still producing leaves and broccoli florets. These are normally planted in the fall, but this is one of those years that I decided to plant them early in the spring to see if they would produce more. Broccoli on the hand was planted to last through the hot summer months while kale just happened to survive this long with some proper care. I did plant some pea seeds a couple of weeks ago and I hope that they will sprout soon. This is the only fall crop I have planted for this year.

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Two cucumbers

Many Vegetable Harvest are on The Way This Year

Right now there are many harvests that are going to be coming very soon now that most of my plants are producing flowers and fruit. I have so far been picking mostly my strawberries and kale. My strawberries are all done for the season and my kale continues to grow and as long as it produces more leaves I will harvest them. Some of the plants started to go to seed, but I was able to catch it time and cut off the bolting part of the plant. Let’s get into what I will be picking in the near future from my garden.

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Spinach plant now added to the garden.

Waiting the Right Amount of Time to Transplant Spinach and Kale

April is one of the busiest of months during the springtime where I like to transplant my cold weather plants into the garden and into totes. I always place my onion bulbs in totes and that is what I have been doing for years. At the moment not all my totes have onions and I have only planted a few red onions into three totes so far. I will fill up the totes with enough onions by sometime this week at the latest.

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PVC Pipe Sections for Spinach

Spinach, Lettuce, and Kale Getting Ahead for the Spring

It is now 2021 and it is that time of the season when I start planting seeds for the springtime temperatures that will arrive in a couple of months. In the meantime I can get them started in pots so once warmer temperatures are here they will be ready to be transported into the garden. This year I decided to stick to a few seeds of spinach, lettuce, and kale.

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Fall Plants and a Few Eggplants are all That is Left to Harvest

This past week it has been getting cooler and some cold fall temperatures should be arriving before the week is over. Fall temps are now here and it is time to slowly close down the garden. I still have fall plants such as broccoli, kale, celery, and brussel sprouts that I will continue to care for and harvest. I even have a few eggplants that will be picked very shortly. For the most part the gardening season is coming to an end for this year. (more…)

Thanksgiving is Not The Same Without Home Grown Carrots

The very last summer plants that I harvest last are carrots.  They have been in the ground the entire summer and most of the Fall.  I like to leave them in the ground because the ground makes for a good storage area.

I have been picking some cabbage lately and a few more pieces of broccoli.  All I have left are a couple of cabbage plants and whatever broccoli I get from now until the ground freezes. (more…)

Frost Officially Ended Summer Season

Just recently we received a small to light frost that ended the season for most of my summer plants.  I did have only a few harvests of the last peppers and one eggplant.  Now that we have had many consecutive days of cold weather the plants are now gone except for cabbage, broccoli, and kale. (more…)

Broccoli and Kale Starting to Come Through

It looks like my fall crops are doing quite well now that I have picked several kale leaves and heads of broccoli.  I only started harvesting broccoli heads a few days ago, but I have been picking kale leaves for a couple of weeks.  Today will be the third harvest of kale for the season. (more…)

Biggest Watermelon Picked Along with Kale, Peppers, and More

Getting the most out of the garden is the most important part of gardening.  This season I think I did just that with all the fruits and vegetables that I have picked and still harvesting.  With the largest watermelon that I have ever grown I think I have definitely accomplished my objective.

I don’t have much vegetables left except for mainly my fall crops.  I have been picking my kale lately and they are growing very large leaves which will make for some great kale soup this winter.  I have been making sure to store them in order to use them later. (more…)