I started tomato and cucumber seeds in the areo garden Friday. Haven't got the seeds I ordered yet. Sunday I planted 5 pounds of potatoes in two of the raised beds. I've got 2 bundles of onions, just waiting for a sudden burst of energy so I can plant them.
It all looks good except the yellow squash, just not a big fan of it. That watermelon is making me drool! Probably my favorite fruit.
I prefer the zucchini over the yellow squash....but it's one of the veggies that I've had my fill of...like kale.
The only thing I have coming up here in Canada is a patch of chives about an inch high. Thinking baked potatoes with sour cream and chives by the weekend.
We have decided that this year, we are going to focus on the plants that are perennial, like fruits and berries. The peach trees have been loaded with blossoms each year; but the fruit never sets, except for a few peaches, and most of those never get any larger than a golf ball, or ripen enough to eat, even by the end of summer. The plan is to add more nutrients to the soil, and cultivate around the bushes and young trees, and then make sure that they are well watered this summer. If we need it, we will put a bird screen over the strawberries . Last year we would see green berries; but seldom a ripe one; so something was eating them as soon as they began to ripen. We feed the birds; so it makes sense that they thought that fruit was just part of the buffet. We have been working out in the yard, and I weeded out the strawberry patch, and Bobby took the leaf blower and got the leaves out that had accumulated over the fall and winter months. I was elated to discover that we already have a strawberry that is in bloom !
Potatoes and beets are up. I saw two spears of asparagus yesterday. I planted 3 tomato plants and 2 cucumbers that I started in the aerogarden. I have 4 eggplants and 3 watermelons in the aerogarden that have sprouted.
I still have to get the Aerogarden started; but I have been going through my seeds leftover from last year, and started some lettuce outside and some in a container t hat we can keep on the front deck for easy harvesting, and hopefully keep those pesky squirrels from eating them this year. My new little Black and Decker battery-operated cultivator came today, and I took it out and tried it. It is not very powerful, and it won't actually break up soil like a regular tiller does; but once I have the ground worked over with the larger tiller, then I should be able to use the little one around the plants and keep the weeds pulled and the dirt softer. We have that clay soil here, and in the summer, it can get really hard-packed where you can not even dig with a shovel unless you water it thoroughly first. I am hoping that with the little cultivator I can keep the ground from compacting so much, and I can work nutrients into the ground better that way, too.
Have you heard of a Mittleider Garden? I assume it is German in origin, so if you have lots of land, lots of money and lots of ambition (or free labor), it might be something to try.
Never heard of it. Apparently it was the brainchild of a nursery owner named Jacob Mittleider and is another "grow box" method of raised bed gardening. I wasn't interested in a 24 minute video so I googled and found this... https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/mittleider-garden-method.htm
The squirrels and the birds eat any fruit and berries that we get , and usually way before they are even ripe enough for us to pick and eat, @Kate Ellery .