The first little sprouts of kale peeped out of the ground yesterday (2/23). These were the Siberian kale. The Russian red kale is still doing well, but it lacks the body and the flavor of the Siberian. When this crop disappears there will be no more of that stuff in my garden.
The compost is working well. The bin is full again even after using a little this weekend. It is time to move more of it to the tarp. There is enough there to fill another raised bed, if I can scrounge some lumber. Our class in the master gardener program on Monday was on compost. I like my method better. It yields better compost faster.
Yesterday’s trip to Renfrow’s to get carrot, beet and radish seeds also netted a compost thermometer. The soil temperature in the 1st 3 beds in the garden (a-1 through a-3) is 50 and 52 degrees. Today the compost will be tested. It got turned yesterday so the reading would probably have been meaningless. The carrots, beets and radish seeds were mixed together and inter-planted in row A-2 with onions, cabbage, broccoli and kale.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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