Not all bad news from my home garden. After the slug infested failures of the spring passed, my chard is growing, I just harvested the first broccoli, and my cucumber-sunflower-pole bean guild working well. See below for details!
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| Side-bed. Beets, Sunflower, Cucumber, Beans, Garlic, Artichoke,
Chard, Broccoli, Rhubarb, Raspberries and Arugula currently growing. |
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| Pole Beans growing up sunflower. Cucumber growing behind the beans |
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| Artichoke in nutrient-debrived front bed. This bed previously had a conifer in it that depleted it. I have slowly been recovering it for a couple years. Clearly, it still needs some mending! |
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| Artichoke in not-as-nutrient-deprived side-bed. Notice how much bigger it is compared to the artichoke in the front bed. |
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| Beets in the side bed are surprising big and healthy! I am excited to have some beet and chard salad! |
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| My perennial front bed is coming along nicely. I have decided to transition the front bed to a perennial bed because the soil is not good enough for vegetable growth. I am not going to live here forever, so might as well work on turning it into a beautiful, productive, low-maintenence garden for the next residents as well! I already have Lavender, blueberries, pine-apple mint, thyme, nasturtium, fennel, lamb's ear, strawberries, rosemary, and garden chives growing in this small area. |
