With the inches and inches of rain this week, it was both hard to get any work done and a great week for growing. Here is this weeks harvest:
In the harvest is peas, spinach, rocky top lettuce, radishes, and cilantro. Here is what’s going on around the farm:
Lincoln Peas
Pea harvest season is here. I’m guessing I’ll get about 3 weeks of peas. The peas are looking real good this week. A couple of the pods are huge and the are tasty. The smaller plants actually seem to have more pods on them than the really big plants. I put down a little extra fertilizer today to keep the growth going. All of this watering is doing them well.
Tomatoes
I’ll have to do a tomato comparison, but I believe some of the tomato plants grew two feet or more this week. Two of the plants are approaching four feet today. Still weeks away from a tomato, they are looking great. Again, put some fertilizer down to make sure the plants get a solid start before fruiting begins.
Chard
The swiss chard appears to be the only plant in the garden that can’t take the rain. A few of the chard plants are washed out. Chard is a fast grower, so I’ll replant next week if they don’t recover (sometimes they do). Chard likes cooler weather, so I’ll need to replant in the shady section.
Peppers
We have multiple branches now on most of the pepper plants. I feel like the peppers are growing really slow, but they aren’t do to fruit for a long time. When compared to the tomatoes, they look like slow moving turtles. Next month I’ll complain how they are growing too fast, I’m sure.
Radishes
I’ve pulled all of the radishes out of the ground that I’ve planted. About a 75% success rate — that is, 75% of the seeds I planted, I pulled full radishes out of the ground. I’ll wait a few weeks and replant some more. Essentially, you can keep planting radishes all summer. I take a bit of a break so I can figure out mid-summer spacing and replanting. Radishes are easy, go anywhere plants — I can put them where ever I have space.
Cucumbers
I’m so happy to say that the cucumbers are in full growth in the garden. I probably planted too many plants this year, but that should be the least of my problems. I’m growing a traditional pickling variety and the seeds sprouted and have a great start.
Rocky Top Lettuce
The rocky top lettuce looks like a great variety to grow. They are growing tightly (which makes for less weeding) and strongly. I cut four inch leaves today. They’ll be great for sandwiches.
The rain is really accelerating growth this week. With the temperature turning from mid 70s to mid 80s this week, I expect some great growth and harvesting next week.
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Your radishes harvest is great. Freaking squirrels ate all of mine before I could harvest one.