What a difference a few days make. The two pictures shown above, were taken only nine days apart (Apr 25 & May 3). Notice how our corn reached the top of our camper in just nine days! Here's the status of our garden as of Cinco de Mayo (5th of May).Potatoes planted Feb 7. Harvested most in late April. Judy sliced & dehydrated them. I harvested the remainder (80 potatoes) tonight.
Carrots planted Feb 21. We're thining them out as we go, picking babies. The remainder are being left to attain full size, which isn't far off.
Spinach planted Feb 21. Popeye would be proud. Picking the leaves as we go. Had a few for dinner tonight.
Tomatos planted March 7. Picked first ripe tomato yesterday. Many will follow shortly.
Peppers planted March 7. Picked first ripe bell pepper last Saturday (May 2). Picking them as we go...about one per night.
Sweet corn planted March 7. Featured in the pictures above, all the plants have tasseled out in the last two days. Should be munching sweet corn within a week from the earliest maturing ones.
Cowpeas planted March 7. A ways off, but the plants look terrific.
Edible-pod peas planted March 10. They're in their peak. Picked 40 pods yesterday, 40 more today. Steamed with a little butter, they are delicious.
Edible soybeans planted March 10. Pods are filling nicely. About a week away.
Yellow Crookneck squash planted March 28. Squash are about 4" long and growing rapidly.
Watermelon, cucumber, and canteloupe. They're a long way off.
Blackberry bush. Just starting to pick the berries. Soon, we won't be able to keep up!
We got over two inches of rain yesterday. The garden crops loved it.
3 comments:
That's amazing!! And what a satisfying feeling to be so self sufficient, I'm sure! Is that privacy fence new? I don't remember it being there last time we were there.
That's awesome. Everything you planted sounds delicious, especially those berries :)
Ever since our neighbors put a fence around their property, they changed. They used to be quite friendly. Now, it seems that everything we do outdoors, bothers them. We put up a 10-ft fence(1/20th the length of theirs)between our house and their fence to hide our camper, and the lady of the house made a hugh fuss...only because she learned that a camper was going to be put behind it. From their house, they can't even see our camper when it's down unless they're on a ladder, nor can they see our section of fence unless they are practically on our property. Meanwhile their fence shades our lawn and garden big time. I've wondered if they became unfriendly because they expected us to pay half for the fence they put up between us, conveniently forgetting that I put in their front lawn for free. They could have the second best lawn in the neighborhood, with the grass I gave them, but they don't take very good care of it. Sorry I took off on this tangent, but way the lady of the house jumped all over me, still bothers me. She put a For Sale sign in front of their house, claiming we are the reason she wants to move.
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