May 18 Beds 10/11 and 64

Sunflowers just sprouted in middle of Bed 64 and Tithonia transplanted (left corner of bed)

Hong Vit radish leaf (left row) is such an amazing green - fast and tasty for stir fries; the Pac choi are great chow mein veggies as well; lime green lettuce mix just starting to take off from direct seeding

here is the dwarf tomato Worry plant 6 starting to bud already!!

May 13 R Garden

R Garden starting to green up with flax, poppies and self-seeded calendula

lots of potato foliage

Citizen Seed Trial Kale looking good ......

succulents loving this garden

and joy!  my dahlia tubers are starting to show ....

May 12 Container Tomato Update

May 12th already, and tomatoes are settling in, albeit with a little sunscald (note to self:  harden off next year!!) ......

from left to right, the tomatoes:  Sunchocola, Dwarf Firebird Sweet, Fred's Tie Dye and Oud Holland
and in front, the peppers:  Cajun Belle, Zolotistyi, Macedonian Sweet and Donkey Ears

again, from left to right, the tomatoes:  Uluru Ochre, Bundaberg Rumball and Red Lithium

in front, the peppers:  Donkey Ears, Padron and Donkey Ears

and just in, Kentucky Wonder pole beans in the trellis container

May 11 Peppers

Peppers ready for plant out

May 8 Bed 64 and More

Last of the radishes from Bed 64 ........

and time to transplant my Astia Zucchini (on the right) sown indoors April 9 and Scallopini sown on same date

also added some sunflowers to Bed 64 - for the bees

Green bush beans added to Bed 10 - sown in between the Pac Choi rows; these beans were saved from an abandoned bed, lovely and healthy last year, but no idea what variety they are

May 7 R Garden

Not too much of interested in early May, but always nice to watch the progress, so here we have an overview, then a few closeups of potatoes, succulents and strawberries

May 6 Container Tomatoes

On to the container tomatoes ...  their last portrait before transplant

and soil prep ........ spring bulbs are removed and soil reused, amended with compost, Gaia Green 4-4-4 and alphalfa

and they're in, so it begins ...... from far end:  Sunchocola, Dwarf Firebird Sweet, Fred's Tie Dye, Oud Holland, Uluru Ochre, Bundaberg Rumball and Red Lithium;  also prepared smaller containers in front for the peppers that will go out in a bit