Yesterday I shared my blooms. Today I will share my vegetables. The picture shows the collards, dill, parsley and rosemary I will share with the library ladies. As much as I love the flowers, it is the food that really drives my gardening urges. I have given away dozens of bags of greens, lettuce, and herbs this spring. This has been the most productive cool weather garden I have ever grown. Raised beds seem to have made all the difference in the world.
Nice! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteSigh... why don't I live near you?!!!
ReplyDeleteDeb, your collards look big and healthy. Do you add any plant food to them other than compost? I have gotten the impression that they are heavy feeders.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised. I thought the weather was too cold a time or two. I guess those sorts of veges are hardy. It looks grand.
ReplyDeleteLovely veggies!!!
ReplyDeleteWow--what a great looking bunch of veggies! Bet they love you sharing with them--lucky library folks!
ReplyDeleteI've thought of growing veggies in raised beds. Because if I don't I'll have to eat pissed on by the doggies veggies. That's the reason I haven't done it so far. And my garden is still young. I wonder why raised beds make such a difference? I know people who can't grow lavender either, but finally I have some beautiful lavender in a pot!
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Thanks Kim and Victoria.
ReplyDeleteOFB, Wouldn't that be fun?
Barbee, I grow in raised bed. I feed with blood meal and bone meal at the time I plant. Everything gets foliar fed once a week with a liquid organic plant food. Yes, there is plenty of compost dug into the soil and reapplied as mulch. So now you know all my tricks.
Anna, Cole crops are pretty hardy here.
Me too Cindee
Linda, I do enjoy sharing them.
Brenda, Soil compaction, drainage, ease of weeding and amending. The raised bed benefit list goes on and on. I never thought about the doggie proctection they can provide:) Lavender has to have good drainage or the roots and crown rot. That's why they like containers.
That is awesome Deb - and you got us excited about our raised beds now. And I never thought seeing veggies @ 7AM would make me hungry... but it did.
ReplyDeleteDill already? I'm amazed; I love it, but maybe I plant it too late, I never have luck like that, ooops, not luck, SKILL! I see Brenda's comment, I don't have luck with lavender except in a pot, either; poor drainage, I imagine.
ReplyDeleteI had to tell you this...I went to a wine tasting at a local nursery last night, and as we toured the facility, I realized just how many different varieties of plants I have killed. It was torture walking around and seeing all the lovely plants I should have right now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice bounty your garden has produced this spring Deb!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm, that picture looks good enough to eat! :)
ReplyDeleteJames, I hope they work as well for y'all as they do for me.
ReplyDeleteNola, I just let the plant go to seed and then drop some of the seed before I harvest the rest. The next year it comes up on its own when the time is right.
Momo, Don't feel bad. We have all killed plants. The crazy gardeners are just the ones who don't let a dead plant keep them from trying again.
Thanks Racquel.
Anonymous, thanks.
I'm planning on getting my first raised bed in tomorrow. Here's hoping for a sucessful day. I want to get it planted like yesterday already! It's good to see how well your garden in doing already.
ReplyDeleteCinj, it works. I have been gardening for 33 years and this has been my best vegetable garden to date.
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