05 Jun 2012

The garden is starting to take off.  Hopefully this brief cool period that we've encountered during this first full week of June will not provide a setback.

I picked all the garlic that I planted two Decembers ago.  Many were very large, and all smelled very garlicky.  In this house, we are safe from vampires while the garlics dry.

The tomatos all have small green clusters of tomatos on them.  The potatos plants have sprouted through the earth.  I harvested one bell pepper off of a plant, not because it was full grown but only because that plant is nowhere near full grown and I wanted to ensure it is devoting resources to getting larger and not producing vegetables.  I picked two turnips, the rest still appear to be growing, I"m hoping they are harvested in the near future.  I didn't eat enough of the radishes, and they have all gone to seed.  The radishes will soon be picked and recycled back into the earth.  Basil is doing so well I have picked and produced by first frozen bag of pesto sauce.  The eggplants vary in performance, at least three of the plants appear to be winners, three other may or may not be struggling with their existence.  Lettuce, well, it grew, but I don't eat lettuce.  That row may become another row of vegetables soon.  I have yet to give up on the beets, but they don't seem to be growing at all.  Horseradish is doing well, I've lost count of the amount of horseradish plants popping up.