My, how things change!
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The garden last week... |
The garden has grown, greatly. A few of the plants that have not grown have been replaced with new seeds and we're back in the business of growing food for the family!
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...and the garden this week! |
The first harvest of 2013 is this weekend! That lone Romaine seed I planted has survived a full 15 weeks and will be cut, washed and eaten (was mature a month ago at 68 days). Somehow my math was wrong, but the plants are fine and ready to harvest. In another week I'll have a couple Romaine plants to harvest, and at some point next month I will have 4 plants ready to harvest. There will be a 3 week break then between harvests, but I hope that will be the last long break of this year.
Swiss Chard is also growing along with Spinach and Kale. I'll harvest a few leaves from these weekly when they are ready.
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Kale, Swiss Chard, Romaine & Spinach |
Oregano will be replanted soon along with Basil. Both were lost to the yard flooding.
I did see some leaf miners in a weed growing in the soil. I'll have to watch for them because they move quickly.
The Florida summer heat is on, with highs in the mid-90's and humidity in the upper 80's to low 90's. It has rained a bit the past few days but none of the frog-strangling-flood-stage-rainfalls like we had last month.
Happy gardening!
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