Three more frames built

This weekend I built three more garden frames and partially filled one. It will take another couple of trips to the old garden to gather enough soil to fill the rest. We continue to harvest lettuce and kale and had our first strawberries. We also harvested some basil for dinner last week. The pea pods are just beginning to grow.

I hadn't visited the Southtowns site for a couple of weeks and missed peak viewing time for the peonies and iris. Roses and dame's rocket are now blooming and the one poppy that I managed to protect is almost there, with daylilies not far behind.

Second harvest and third frame planted

On Friday, my daughter harvested more lettuce and kale. It was enough to fill another large container which will last us for a week, but there is a lot more left to harvest (and share with others). The lettuce in frame two is almost of harvestable size and the coriander seeds yielded several starts (maybe parsely as well, it is difficult to tell them apart at this stage). On Saturday, the third frame was topped off with soil and planted with (18) lettuce starts, (12) ruby chard, (64) carrots, and (64) beets. The basil has finally recovered from transplant shock and we should be able to harvest some soon. We also purchased two large tomato plants which were transplanted into the pea cage and (4) smaller tomato plants that will go into the next frame that is built.

First harvest

This weekend, I picked my first harvest of lettuce, arugula and kale (the arugula was bolting). I also put together another garden frame but need more soil before planting.

Second frame planted

Last night, I was able to setup a second garden frame. This morning it was planted with (4) basil plants, (6) cilantro, (6) parsley, (32) beets, (24) lettuce plants, and several bunches of garlic and onions.