Spring Planting Completed

We have finally finished with the spring planting.  Which is not to say we are done planting, there will be a summer round, and a fall round.  In fact we have already planted our second round of radishes, having pulled 2.5 pounds this week.

Not all of our plants are coming up but so far it is looking good.



 The tomato plants are coming in well.

The egg plants and sweet peppers have some transplant shock, but I expect they will do well.

Radishes, beets, turnips and broccoli are coming up, although the carrots (in the middle) are sluggish.

The garlic and onions are growing well.  The garlic over wintered and is much stronger, we will have to try overwintering onions, garlic and broccoli next year so all of them will be stronger and produce earlier.

Some of our potato plants are coming up strongly, although others have not done so yet.  (We will see how many we end up with).

The sugar snap peas are finally big enough to start climbing the fence (you can see the tendrils reaching toward the fence in the upper left corner). 

We have 2 pie pumpkins coming in, which I hope will produce lots of pumpkins for pies, and Harry Potter based recipes.

We also have a spaghetti squash and jalapeno plants.  Peter only likes the squash as a side dish, but I enjoy it as a pasta replacement (it is a bit al dente, with a good flavor that is not like pasta, but I'm a fan of using it for spaghetti and meatballs). 

Peter has several hot peppers planted in pots (for better control of their water and temperature).  He plans to make hot sauce as well as eating them.

The asparagus is coming up, although not all of them have. 

The grapes around the coop are growing well, and I expect a good harvest.  Additionally, our trees are starting to produce their fruit.

Peaches.

And tart cherries.

There are still more plants to come up, including additional squash, lefty greens, cabbage, corn and okra.