It is June 7, 2022 and I wanted to provide an update on how things are growing in the garden. The lettuce is doing terrific as can be seen by the photo posted below. The peas are maturing, the potatoes are up to my waist and flowering, the tomatoes are making great strides. The cucumbers are now bearing fruit, small, but doubling in size almost daily. The blackberries have also transformed from flowers to fruit and will bear beautiful blackberries by July.
I have one big rabbit that seems to think she/he owns the back garden, as the broccoli leaves continue to be snacked on all times of the day. Last night I threw a pretty big stone at the bunny and boy did it take off into the runoff pond area (which is dry).
I have also had 3 sightings of deer (I think it might be the same one) on my walks back in the woodsy area of my walking trail, a young deer with a rather longer tail that ends up with a white pom-pom at the end. She is not afraid of me, but when I start moving closer to her, she takes about 4-5 quick bounds and into the woods she goes.
Here are a few photos showing the progress in the garden:
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| Romaine and Buttercrunch heads cut June 7, 2022 |
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| The "salad bar" keeps on giving |
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| Onions |
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| Potatoes keep getting bigger |
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| Tomatoes taking off |
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| Cucumbers |
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| Blackberries |
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| More cucumbers |
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| Peas maturing. These are sugar snap peas |
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| Straight 8 cucumber |
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| Self seeded sunflowers in the compost pile |
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| Still starting seedling, Nevada lettuce and Long Keeper tomatoes |
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