A Garden Walk

Cletus has been busy since the blizzard.  We were pleased he was able to get as much tilling done as he did before the blizzard.  I reminded him that Pa Ingalls referred to snow as "poor man's fertilizer".  

For better or for worse, both tillers chose to break right after that.  If they had to break I suppose that was the best time; he was able to order replacements which arrived right as the cold snap ended and the snow thawed.  He now has a new handle for Pepe (his little mule)...

Flipping the handles around lets him stand straight and is thus easier on his back

 

and a new switch for Little Joe

 

 

Since getting those replacements he has been working hard to till

Broadfork

 

 and make garden beds.

 

We finally found more seed potatoes (thanks to St. Elmo Feed and Seed), and they will go into the ground soon.

 Carrots have been planted (hurray!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The tomato plants are now in the ground 

A bit droopy but they are perking up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More are growing to be sold or planted, depending on the demand for them at the market

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Squash and beans were planted this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zephyr squash.  My personal favorite for cooking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The original batch of potatoes survived the blizzard and are thriving.

The garlic and onions are plugging away doing their thing.

Sadly we lost the banana fruit and the loquat fruit.  They just do not like cold weather and were pretty confused by all that white stuff falling out of the sky.

Since the cold I have been able to get out and prune the grape vines 

The pomegranates also got a haircut.  I do not know if we will ever get any fruit from this tree but I keep hoping.

The two fig trees just shrugged their shoulders at the weather and kept growing.

Sometime in the next few weeks we will cut back the non-fruiting plum trees out front and replace them with the olive tree.

In the herb garden the rosemary survived; she is amazing (just watch out for her baby!)

And the ginger and turmeric made it through.  This is harvest time for them so I will be digging them up and replanting these in the next week or so.  We will have some roots available at the market after I do.

The weather is warming nicely and we will be getting more into the ground quickly; more beans, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes (always!), and a variety of herbs.  

We will have plants ready for you at the market in the next week or so and hope to have produce available by early to mid March.  

And that is another garden day living nowhere in zone 9a.