#garden2022

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My garden is an overgrown mess, but it still does this

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Garden scenes, late May 2022

Everything's GREEN and GROWING. Potatoes blooming, first cherry tomatoes ripening, beans beginning to climb, raindrops on the leaves.

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What's blooming in my gardens right now, part 1: Things I planted

Yellow yarrow (just about), strawberries, comfrey, motherwort, proper yarrow, climbing roses

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What's blooming in my gardens/yard right now, part 2: Things that planted themselves

Honeysuckle, white clover, blackberries, wild geranium, buttercups, multiflora rose

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Things I did not (mean to) plant (this year)

Tomatillos, because I left a lot of them unharvested last year. I wasn't gonna grow them this year, since we didn't use them as much as expected, but I guess I am now!

A cucumber? squash? that hitched a ride in one of the big tomatoes' pots. Found it a spot; we'll see what happens.

Potatoes, down toward the far end of the butter bean rows. I unsuccessfully tried to grow potatoes in that spot two years ago. I guess this year they've decided to be productive? It's free potatoes.

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Extremely high tech garden planning

This is mostly to keep track of where the tomatoes were last year, and not put them there again, for disease control. As tomatoes are close to 50% of the garden, this can be tricky. I think potatoes should also not go where tomatoes were, and vice versa.

The beds won't all have the same outlines, as only two of them are raised, so I'll see if I can get more planting space out of it when I get in there to clear for planting. Maybe today? Depends on how well this tea motivates me, and if the tiller wants to start for me.

The time is right for planting potatoes, green peas, onions, and carrots. Probably could/should have done some of them earlier, but according to my notes I tried planting peas in late April last year, which did not work out, so at least I'm doing better than that.

Need to get onion & chive seeds today, & onion sets from the feed store.

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Seed starting progress

Left to right, many tomatoes, basil parsley & chard, kale yarrow & spinach, more tomatoes & failures (empty spots where seeds didn't sprout).

The tomatoes are getting tall, but they can't go out until May Day, or a little earlier if I want to cover them some nights. Maybe I started them too early this time! I did finally get them all trimmed down to just one or two plants per cell, so they've got more space now.

Spinach, kale, and chard I can plant out any time. The kale plants - which I bought, because my ancient seed utterly failed - have some little caterpillars munching them, which I've been squishing. How many can there be?

I've got some direct-seeded spinach coming up in the garden, but patchily, so I'll probably put these starts there too.