Well with our last frost finally behind us we have started our summer planting in the gardens. We have just about 3 complete rows of tomatoes in the ground and will be doing a bunch of peppers in the next few days. This year I didn't start all the squash inside as last year they didn't transplant well, so this year we are just going to direct seed. We are tilling up some rows for the last time this week and soon everything will be planted. The next week promises to be a fun but busy one planting everything outside.
With it coming to that time it meant it was time to check the garlic and sure enough we have scapes growing, we chopped some up and included them in a meal with family that was visiting last weekend. With the scapes coming it means garlic will be harvested shortly. We have mustard greens just begging for me to cut them and make some eggs, since its a small harvest I think I will wait till my dear hubby is home this week-- with all his extra work away he deserves the first spring harvest. With in a few more weeks we will be getting some salads and maybe even some beets and turnips, they are coming along nicely.
Our potatoes are looking very nice also. We are experimenting this year with them. We kept some of the tiny potatoes from our last harvest last year and put them away in our pantry which is a fairly cool room all year long. Sure enough the potatoes sprouted eyes and even started vines while in there. They are now planted and look just as good as the seeds we bought. We are going to wait till after the harvest to say whether or not it is a successful experiment since we want to see if they produce good potatoes but we may be able to cut out seed potatoes soon if this works.
Next week my mother in law will be vacationing at her house close by so it will be the start of a fun summer for my kids with Grandma and a weeding partner in the garden :)
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9 NIV
Keep me posted on how the potatoes turn out this year. Sean was really impressed with the scapes this weekend. We didn't know what they were called, but he mentioned them later and we talked about doing that as well. Thanks!
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