Normally around this time of year I would be writing a post about the great start to the garden season. How my my peas are close to being trellised. How my spinach and greens are growing well. How the gardens have been prepped and are ready for the busy season. And how my "workable soil" seeds are ready to be sown...
Not this year...
What workable soil?
We have had rain. And rain. AAANNNDDD RAIN. By far the rainiest spring that I can ever recall. So rainy that I had 1 hour in the dark last week to mow my grass between work, travel, and rainy days. Lo and behold my yard needs at least 2 hours in the LIGHT in order to be fully mowed, so here I sit with a half mowed yard - already in need of its second clipping. Yet there's more rain. If I see anyone building a large boat I am going to befriend them.
It's not all bad. We did have one nice day a few weeks back where I was able to plant some greens seedlings and get some peas in the ground. The peas and greens sprouted this week so at least we have something to keep an eye on.
The seeds that were started indoors are doing well. The tomatoes, herbs, and greens are doing the best. The peppers are a bit behind by doing well none the less.
My hop rhizomes that were planted last year all came up and are standing at about 3 feet now. I will have a different trellis system for them this year so they're currently waiting on me to complete that.
Jul filled 3 strawberry pots this evening FULL of strawberries, and I have raised beds prepared for both potatoes and more strawberries.
Something unique that we're trying this year is to use potato grow bags - but not the kind that you can purchase. We have a few friends who work for a small craft brewery and they always have plenty of grain bags that they're trying to dispose of. The brewery prides itself on being sustainable meaning they hate to throw the bags out. We'll see how this goes. I have two kinds of potatoes in the grain/grow bags now.
As soon as the weather breaks and I have some time to spend outside I will post some photos. Until then I'm off to do some school/career work.
Keep it real wet....haha, sick.
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