Triple Rainbow
At Reed
All the plots are dug, and I didn't really have much to do, but the weather was supposed to be amazing--in the 70s-- so I made a point of riding out to the garden. What actually happened was that there was a mini-thunderstorm while I was out there, which was actually cool. It barely rained, and tehre was actual thunder, which I havn't heard out in Portland in years. When it was over, there was a triple rainbow arching over the dorms of Reed College.
All I did out there really was weeded a lot, including the raspberry bed, which is almost all grass. I have everbearing raspberries, which means they send up canes all summer & fall and produce a new crop of fruit. There's not a lot, but it keeps on coming.
I also weeded the snow peas, and moved a couple of them around for better spacing. They're doing pretty well, and are about 2" high.
Carrots
Last year, my roommate planted a row of carrot seeds, then promptly ignored them for the rest of the year. Despite her neglect, the whole row came in all bushy and healthy, and I was picking carrots all the way through early fall. They gave & gave.
Well, a couple of days ago I found the other half of the same packet of seeds, and decided to put in a row of carrots. On the very corner of my garden plot, I made a little row on the edge of a bed and dropped in the seeds. Hopefully, I'll have carrots all year again, with practically no effort!
Squashes
In the same bed, I made hills for delicata squashes. The seedlings are almost ready to plant, and the plot is surrounded by metal trellises and string netting to support vines. Last year, I got loofa vines to climb up it. This year, I hope I'll be able to get squashes up there. Maybe I'll put in some acorn squash as well. Not sure if either of them climbs, but whatever.
All the plots are dug, and I didn't really have much to do, but the weather was supposed to be amazing--in the 70s-- so I made a point of riding out to the garden. What actually happened was that there was a mini-thunderstorm while I was out there, which was actually cool. It barely rained, and tehre was actual thunder, which I havn't heard out in Portland in years. When it was over, there was a triple rainbow arching over the dorms of Reed College.
All I did out there really was weeded a lot, including the raspberry bed, which is almost all grass. I have everbearing raspberries, which means they send up canes all summer & fall and produce a new crop of fruit. There's not a lot, but it keeps on coming.
I also weeded the snow peas, and moved a couple of them around for better spacing. They're doing pretty well, and are about 2" high.
Carrots
Last year, my roommate planted a row of carrot seeds, then promptly ignored them for the rest of the year. Despite her neglect, the whole row came in all bushy and healthy, and I was picking carrots all the way through early fall. They gave & gave.
Well, a couple of days ago I found the other half of the same packet of seeds, and decided to put in a row of carrots. On the very corner of my garden plot, I made a little row on the edge of a bed and dropped in the seeds. Hopefully, I'll have carrots all year again, with practically no effort!
Squashes
In the same bed, I made hills for delicata squashes. The seedlings are almost ready to plant, and the plot is surrounded by metal trellises and string netting to support vines. Last year, I got loofa vines to climb up it. This year, I hope I'll be able to get squashes up there. Maybe I'll put in some acorn squash as well. Not sure if either of them climbs, but whatever.
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