After an unusually long winter, we had sporadic frosts right up until April. I waited patiently for the last frost date before putting most of the garden out, and now we have a super-early summer. It’s been way too hot for the broccoli, lettuce, radishes, and kale. The sugar snap peas are just starting to produce, though the vines have been going crazy for weeks. The saddest thing for me was having all of the radishes and broccoli bolt. I realize now that I’d rather risk frost than have everything go all wonky with the inevitable heat.
Still, I’ve had a number of microharvests:
The herbs are doing well. One oregano plant was plenty for the two of us. The Genovese basil is hardy, once you get it big enough to withstand garden pests.
My next project is to concentrate on warm weather crops: cucumbers, my melons, and squash. What I started from seed is still pretty puny, so I think I need to think bigger in terms of quantities.
Charlie's Garden 