Archive for January, 2010

Garden Update

Posted in Vegetables on January 20th, 2010 by Peter – Be the first to comment

It’s been raining more than I’ve ever seen. The garden is fairly well planted to hopefully something is absorbing all the water.

UP
beets and chard have been thinned and are looking good. Peas and favas are up as well as a single random bean. It’s either the old bush beans I planted last fall or a next generation pole bean. Two cabbages seeded last fall seem happy. Arugula is being thinned and eaten. Turnips, spinach, lettuce and a bit of mache are up. chervil and dill and cilantro seemingly everywhere. Spring leeks and mini purple onions distinguishing themselves from crab grass. Radishes are marking the carrot rows and almost ready to come out. A row of rapini just broken the surface.

OUT
The last of the radicchio was harvested and we have a single jalepeno which will go into a pot of black-eyed peas this week.

ON DECK
This year will see more pole beans including some from Native Seeds in Tucson. Also from Native Seeds some corn, hot peppers and watermelons. We’ll start Padron peppers soon as well as whatever old tomato seeds we can scrounge up. Perhaps shishitos if I can find them as well.