Garden, early June
Today I had a few things I wanted to take care of, first of which was making a trip to Menards to pick up some supplies. I wanted to move the chives from next to the patio to our garden, and needed to get some mulch to place around the front small garden area, and where the chives were previously.
I also purchased varieties of lettuce that I plan to plant as a fall crop. I've researched bed covers and hoops and will need to acquire these in order for the greens to not be eaten. Seeds purchased:
I planted a 1/2 row of cilantro, and some marigolds to hopefully ward off garden pests. I will need to look up what marigolds ward off, I can't remember, but read they help with some unwanted creatures. A friend also mentioned that cilantro keeps bunnies away. I moved a small amound of chives to the garden corner.
Already, I've had a few learning challenges. For one, the tomato leaves and branches are being eaten, and so is the basil. I decided to plant additional basil, from seed, and also picked off the eaten basil leaves. The one zucchini plant looks particularly healthy altough one of the flowers was 1/2 eaten. I don't know if that means a zuchini won't grow there. I noticed alot of blooms so am hopeful this one zucchini plant will do well.
I noticed that the asparagus is beginning to grow. I also noticed a couple pretty birds on our feeder, in addition to our trusty starling!
Plans for next year are to convert the garden space to raised 4' x 16' beds, which will be much easier to manage. For now, the 16x16 square garden will be fine, I did notice tons of worms and the soil looked to be fairly fertile.
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| Bearded-Tongue in bloom |
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The chives were on the other side of these flowers
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