Thursday, May 13, 2010

Peach Blossoms on 4/24

I love peaches!


The above had a flash.  This one I have the camera wide open, blurring the background.  But the blossom doesn't POP at you.

Again w/o flash.  Lots of blossoms on the peach in the front & the nectarine in the background.

I've never gotten a nectarine but I'm hoping I will this year. 

Other plots

I was going to remove the he square foot, but I think the trellis is useful for beans and peas.  I'll see how the rotation pans out.

Here's lettuce from the square foot plot I removed.  It's feeding the rabbit or the woodchuck for now.

I'll move the rest of the soil to the main plot addendum when I cover the rows & fence it in.
The Fava beans started coming up 5/1.  I took the clippings from the 1st mowing in to mulch.

Mulch is the key to keep weeds down.  It will also break down to feed the soil, a good reason to leave it on your lawn instead of bagging.  I don't care about my lawn as it's healthy enough to mow every 7-10 days.  I'd rather mulch.

Garlic on the left, fava on the right.  Chives are the green in the middle.  It probably would've been better to plan an herb garden.

More of the favas.  The mulch will also conserve water.  I'm not going to irrigate this plot so that's important.

You can see mint in there too.  It's going to take over this plot and it's spreading on the lawn.  It's a good reason to plan herbs - they spread.

You can see the garlic is doing well with the chives.

More main garden technique

It's been too long since the last post.  I had gardening to do of course and a vacation I just got back from.  I brought everything to blog, but just didn't have time or motivation.  I need to get caught up with photos.

This is the finished main garden.  I ran out of cardboard so I used "10 year" weed blocker in the walkway instead.  One of the Big Box garden centers had 220' rolls at a reasonable price.

It is much easier to put down, uses fewer landscape staples and doesn't require dirt on the edges.  I think I'll save cardboard for lasagna gardening to prep new plots.

It looks better then the cardboard as well.  I'm hoping I can roll it up for next year.