It is almost always better to do something than talk about it. That has been the situation in the garden this month. Now everything is coming up great and the concentration is on weeding and building support structures. Watering has also become important very early in the season.
The only thing that has not come up well is the potatoes. They were planted in raised bed boxes that had not been filled, so they are really just planted in the dirt. Only 5 potato plants have come up. They will get one more week to manifest themselves or they will be covered with compost and dirt and the new bed will be either planted with something else or covered with leaves until it is needed.
Both salad and sallet greens are gracing our table and the tables of our friends in abundance. Onions too. Even a few asparagus are showing up. They are not very thick. Not even as thick as last year. There are more of them though. The sugar peas (sugar snap) are 30” tall already; but they do not have blossoms yet. They are supported by bamboo poles and a cats cradle type of string arrangement. String is a necessary evil in the garden. If it is not carefully and completely removed after use, it can really cause havoc with the tiller.
OK… I’m back to doing and eating.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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