The sugar peas are chest high. They have no blossoms yet. It seems that they are of a size to have flowers by now and possibly even some pods. The sugar peas were our first garden construction of the season. 4’ bamboo poles were placed in the ground at the corners. 12’ poles were put at the top and bottom and string was woven between them like a cats cradle. We hope to facilitate and extend the harvest this year. Normally the peas lay on the ground and are very hard to find for us but not for the slugs. The vines are damaged harvesting the peas.
The spinach has been very prolific this year. Normally we get all we can eat; but no more. This year we have frozen some and given a lot away. No e-coli in home-grown spinach. The pepper spray seems to have worked pretty well to keep the critters away from the crops. There was 1 ½” of rain Saturday night, so the mess needs to be re-applied.
The corn is 1’ high and except for the first depredations, it has been left to grow. Some of it was side-dressed with compost this weekend. Some was not. It will be interesting to see how much difference the compost makes, if any.
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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