Garden this 'n that
This post is a
compilation of tidbits from the garden week, none of which is big
enough to really turn into its own post. I hope the result isn't too
disjointed for you.
I'll start by saying
that we got to taste our first homegrown William's Pride apple on
Saturday. It was sweet and delicious! I'd
thought this grafted limb was King David, actually, but the strange
ripening date prompted me to look back at my notes and figure out that
my memory was way off. Good to know since I think we'll want to expand
the planting in the future.
Second tidbit --- a
storm lodged some of our biggest corn. I was a little concerned about
having put off thinning
the field corn until
the plants were nearly as tall as me, and it turns out my gut reaction
was right. The photo above shows sweet corn thinned earlier that only
barely lodged, while almost half of the field corn blew down. The
lodged plants will likely survive, but I'll try to do a better job
thinning earlier in the plants' lives anyway.
On a more positive note,
our asparagus is thriving now that the partially composted goat manure
topdressed in June has had time to soak into the ground. This is a big
relief since last year's uncomposted goat manure burned new asparagus
fronds and resulted in a smaller crop this spring. Looks like asparagus
2017 will be bountiful.
Under
the row covers,
brussels sprouts are growing well. It's always nice to have a
set-it-and-forget-it portion of the garden in the midst of the summer
flurry of activity. Without having to worry about cabbage worms, the
fall crucifers definitely fit the bill. I'll probably repeat the
endeavor with the broccoli seedlings that will be outgrowing their flat
soon.
And that's all of the
news here. I hope your garden is thriving and beginning to feed you
bushels of produce!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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