Saturdays In The Garden: Spring Update

I stepped into the garden to snap a few pictures
for an update...but  then I couldn't control myself.

The weather was so nice! 

After some pretty hard and fast work, 
the garden is now packed with plants--so even
these pics are outdated!  
There's always next weekend, but for now...

A lot has occurred since I last posted on the garden.

The potatoes have been pretty staggered in making
their appearances.  No complaints, though.

We're happy to see them.  And spreading out

their arrivals just means we can spread out the

harvest--and that's a good thing.

We've been enjoying the lettuces, spinach and
radishes so I've planted more--again,
to ensure a long season.
 

Onions are all well but look what the rain brought?

Don't worry, I've already taken care of these weeds.

More on that next week.

 Remember the strawberry bed I built up?

Here it is with 20 new pampered plants.  I'm
missing strawberries a lot, especially with all of this 
fresh yogurt, but we'll have them again next year.

You'll note the asparagus spread out within the bed.

This is the only area that never gets worked so,

when planting the asparagus years ago, I felt

it was the best place for them.  So far, they all

get along well together so it seems a good decision.

I always put cans around the broccoli

but it just doesn't seem to deter the bunnies.

This year, I got smarter and topped the cans with

nets from purchased produce (like oranges).

So far, so good.

I also put some up in this barrel planter--

but see?  Still nibbled on.

Do squirrels eat broccoli???

Speaking of pests,

look at this sad specimen of basil.

I do my best to keep the garden completely

organic but I'm afraid with the mild winter we had,

chemical warfare just might be in order.  For now,
I've tried an organic insecticide.  We'll see...

I've  more herbs to show next week--
hopefully without bug bites!

One of 22 tomato plants--
I'm gearing up for lots of canning.

Grapes are showing.

Blackberries are starting to bloom.

I love to see everything growing out there.
The chicken run has "grown", and the new chicks
are growing feathers.  Even in the sewing room  
there are geese growing.  So many pics
to post this next week!

Tilling in compost before planting the peppers.

Have a wonderful weekend!