Here's the map:
Green beans on top, like last year; fennel and kale in the second row (new this year); Swiss chard in the third row, like last year; and radishes and carrots in the fourth row. As this was about as much organization as I could handle, I didn't pay too much attention to how I put the seeds in. I planted everything from seed on May 3, 2014, and this is what it looked like two weeks later (May 17):
Here's what it looked like two weeks after that (May 31). Still nothing edible, but looks good!
Here's what it looks like today (June 14):
So what have we had to eat? A few pathetic-looking (perhaps last year's seeds?), but very tasty radishes, and that's it! In my desperation, I actually found a recipe for radish leaf pesto so we could eat something from this gorgeous bed. Other than that, the bean plants have lots of little flowers on them, and no beans--not sure what that means. It looks like something must be going on under the soil where the fennel and the carrots are (I hope the bed is deep enough to support them). Some kale leaves have come up, and it looks like the Swiss chard is slowly on it's way ( I think last year's was much more productive, but we'll see. . . ). I think I'll add some more Plantone and call it a day. . .
I welcome any feedback/suggestions! Sharon
Many gardeners and farmers experienced a slow start this year. The plants, even those started indoors, sensed the lengthy, cold winter and took their own sweet time to come up. Some earlier plants which don't like the intensity of the summer may not have had time to grow this year as we went from cold to hot pretty fast.
ReplyDeleteI hope you found those instructions for the little brown envelopes of seeds generously donated to Guerrilla Gardening by the Newark Conservancy and that your garden is now flourishing.