My garden grew like mad while we were out of town. When we left, the lettuces were just getting big enough to start eating. Two weeks later, the front garden has a thick carpet of lettuce that’s shading out all the weeds that were sprouting in that area. Something in the mesclun mix is bolting, so we’ve been eating a lot of it. *google* That would be the mizuna mustard. The arugula also looks close to flowering so we’ve been eating that too.<\/p>\n
The fennel and dill have sprouted. They were slower than everything else, but now they’re everywhere. Though the ones in pots are fighting against the squirrels who keep digging. My plan was to plant some for me and some for the swallowtail caterpillars, so I hope the squirrels leave enough.<\/p>\n
One of the red tomato plants has flowers already. And volunteer tomatoes are sprouting everywhere, from last year’s heirlooms I assume. I’m letting some live, though I doubt they’ll grow fast enough to make tomatoes. I need to rethink my compost strategy, since it apparently needs to rot longer and hotter to kill seeds. I’ve got a few volunteer squashes too.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My garden grew like mad while we were out of town. When we left, the lettuces were just getting big enough to start eating. Two weeks later, the front garden has a thick carpet of lettuce that’s shading out all … Continue reading