The spinach is up! The peas and sugar snaps are up! The lettuces are up! The scallions are up!
The plants in the little greenhouse aren't doing nearly as well as I'd hoped, aside from the nasturtiums, which took for-E-ver to germinate, to the point where I'd actually given up, and then--POP!--up they came, and they seem to grow several inches each day. The peppers--jalapeno, cayenne--are growing well, too. I keep losing the watermelon plants due to overwatering, I think. And my alyssum, which seemed to be doing so well, has just. stopped. growing. Looks like I maybe buying more plants than I'd planned.
The garden is tilled and is currently under black plastic, solarizing and waiting until I can get some fencing around it to keep the dogs out. And as soon as that happens, it's time to start planting. Onions, cilantro, tomatoes, beans, peppers, cucumbers, more lettuces and spinach, swiss chard, pumpkins, squash, watermelon, basil and more.
The herb garden next to the kitchen door is coming along nicely. Tonight I planted some more sage, French and Texas tarragon, two kinds of oregano, cinnamon basil, fennel and dill, rosemary and parsley. Yesterday, I planted chamomile and two different kinds of thyme. And next, I have plans to plant a tea garden around the water hydrants (the thing we use to water the garden, not like a fire hydrant), using the great big tree buckets Bo found in a dumpster today. I'll sink them into the ground around the hydrant; that way, we won't have to mow around the hydrant, and we won't have to worry much about watering the mints, plus, they won't spread because they'll be contained in plastic buckets.
AND--oh joy of joys, I'm so excited--the cherry tree that we planted about five years ago is LOADED with cherries! Here's hoping they'll make it to marturity!
So tell me, how does YOUR garden grow?
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