All the many hours I have spent laboring at building this food production site.. I am finally feeling happy and seeing things really grow big. And most seeds planted are sprouting nowadays. So i realize now my early struggles to get things to grow was simply because the ground was still too cold.
Black raspberry growing strong
New little leaves forming on this vine it seems everyday. This one little vine scarp is becoming a bush in no time at all.
Broccoli foreground, Kale background
Both growing strong, survived the earliest of transplants back in March or late February, whichever, but very early.
Newest transplants of spaghetti squash, followed by radish, carrots then yellow crookneck squash of older starting point, followed by younger crookneck squash at the end looking to be thriving
Nice to see the squash beginning to take hold it appears. I would be very proud of myself if I could get tomatoes and squash in my first year. Hoping for the best!
Blackberry bush also taking hold and growing strong
Lots of Kale down the middle and Spinach on the flanks of this row
Did some light weeding yesterday. So much success out of the seeds, it appears most all are germinating to life.
Green Towers Lettuce surprising me by germinating out of nowhere
I planted these seeds way back in March or February and didn't see any life at all until today. Perhaps I did not recognize the plant, and distinguish it from other weeds, since it does seem to appear like a weed. But I had given up hope in anything I had planted in this row and was reworking it. I guess now I will simply work around these two shoots and see if they will survive. Since they appear to be very hardy.
More Kale and Spinach
Older Kale taken hold in the dirt
Transplanted some newer Kale to join the older Kale so that I can have varying harvests.
Carrots that I transplanted appear to be growing
No way to tell if they are producing. I didn't thin them out like recommended.. so we shall see what happens.
Cabbage, Kale and Broccoli in this row
More carrots, in a younger stage of life
I am not about to let some lame marsupial family come in and ruin all my hard work. If they are here tomorrow, I may have to do the unfortunate thing and dispose of them. For they were digging in the trash the other night, and into my compost as well.
