Garden notes as we wrap up spring
Radishes grew well in the front garden, and sprinkled everywhere • Sparkler White Tip • French Breakfast Daikon & bok choy bolted in pots on patio stones. Choy did better in the terracotta pots with the tomatoes ? 900D OD ↓ plant I" deep so it doesn't pop up? loosen with chopstick? I Lettuce grew well in the white planter boxes. Sow thickly. crypimsa The potatoes are are growing really well in the large grow bag with straw mulch. → Innovator Hostas, lambsquarters, and wood sorrel are edible. 7-8 AM is a good time for me to garden. Also, I can move the strawberries at lunch and after dinner. Let's see if 19 bitter melon plants are too many.... ;) cup from 3 last year) The dianthus I daffodils came back, yay! Might put strawberries in front garden when done. That gets more sun and warms up faster. 2023-06-08-01 Wait for ≥10°C to set out bitter melon and tomatoes, or to sow cucumbers. of trouble. Pick leaves at the first sign Squish insects. Keep a close eye on tomatoes & potatoes for aphids, radish sprouts for leaf miners Try the sticky traps. Mangolds & calendula Survived splitting. We can get buckets from restaurants setting them out → Let's try peas. daikon, choy, radishes, lettuce, spinach as fall crop. 3x4 x5 Nursery Cells - cardboard yogurt container. (~30?) you Potting mix might be reusable. Add nutrients and structure. (Perlite?) Putting fruit & veg scraps in a bucket of water has been fine. We were able to do a lot with Seeds + a few starts. Try pansies? Sprouts are great for feeling progress. Yum! I like eating alfalfa & mung bean sprouts.