June Garden!

This is a lovely time in the garden right now. The spring things are giving it their last go, but the summer things are also coming in strong right now.

In the foreground you can see the bulb garlic starting to turn yellow, it should be ready soon. On the right are the tomatoes, which despite our cool weather are really taking off.

On the left is our insane kombocha squash plant which having already out competed everything in its same bed, is now working on conquering the whole row. Behind the garlic the bush beans are are just starting to think about themselves, and have made tiny delicate little beans which the chickens have been brutalizing.

The peas and the favas are almost at the end of their run (they are right behind the killer squash) and I think that is where the chicken coop should go next.

Garden Planning

While we were gone, the Territorial Seed company catalog came in the mail. (http://www.territorialseed.com) We came home around 9:30 after having been away for almost two weeks. I sat down with the catalog and my beat up copy of Golden Gate Gardening and started making plans for the coming year.

Here is my calendar for the the year so far. We can change the color of the font from black to something else when we actually get things planted.

January:

• Onion seeds indoors
• Leek seeds
• Broccoli seeds
• Lettuce
  

February

• Favas
• Carrots parsnips and radish seeds mixed
• Peas
• Leeks
  

March

• Cabbage seeds indoors
• Mellon seeds indoors, in bottomless pots
• Peas
• Lettuce
  

April

• Butternut squash

May

• Brussel sprout seeds indoors
• Pole beans

June

• Pole beans

July

• Chinese cabbage