Yesterday, I planted a bunch of Hawaiian tomato seedlings (and one spindly yellow pear tomato) in the garden south beds. One line and one ring. For whatever reason, most of them had purple on the undersides of the leaves. Pot growers would rejoice, but I find myself wondering what's wrong.
Also yesterday, I harvested the pak choi and began kim chi with it.
Over the weekend, I harvested 3 potato plants and got about 5 servings of potatoes. Sure, I was jumping the gun, but the number of tubers per plant is still disappointing. Too much nitrogen and too close spacing are my main suspects.
Gave the south hops bed a few more inches space on the south, and will do the same on the north soon.
For a couple of weeks, I've been adding to the weed heap, and finally this weekend Leah stomped it down to size. The plan continues to be to slowly migrate it west.
Begonia and geraniums are blooming, but I pinched the geraniums to encourage a bunchier habit.
The serviceberry fruit has mostly fallen to some ailment i've noticed before. A few become gigantic but weird, and most become covered with some sort of orange fuzz.
It is dry. Grass growing a lot less, and I need to water the garden regularly.
Poppies have flower buds, and cilantro is flowering.
Harvested some yellow bunch onions. Best I can say is that it's a building year. Will save what I got for planting.
Spent more time weeding, including time on the border, where morning glory and blackberry (nativ and Himalayan) encroach.
Carrots, beats, and radishes planted earlier have been up for a while, and are doing fine.
Harvested last fo the first round of Spinach. Bloomsdale variety. Bolted fast with low yield.
kale is coming along, but still a ways from even beginning to harvest.
Amaranth beginning to flower, but it's still small.
Blueberries never flowered much, but all seem healthy, and doing well with minimal water help.
Barley is growing, and is getting watered, but remains small.
Rhubarb has been in state of suspended animation for a month or so. Did i harvest too soon, or did it just enter summer siesta?
Meanwhile, I have hatched a plan for a month hence. It will be an experimental archaeology feast. Ground oven with camas and taters and whatever else (OK, pua'a). Grills for fish and clams and again, whatever. I will also attempt to replicate what I believe to be the iconic dish of Kanaka-Salish quisine: lomi lomi salmon. This will be the first gathering of the Olympia Archaeological Society outside of the Eastside Tavern. I hope it will not be the last, and am willing to be annual host of this event to make sure.
Also yesterday, I harvested the pak choi and began kim chi with it.
Over the weekend, I harvested 3 potato plants and got about 5 servings of potatoes. Sure, I was jumping the gun, but the number of tubers per plant is still disappointing. Too much nitrogen and too close spacing are my main suspects.
Gave the south hops bed a few more inches space on the south, and will do the same on the north soon.
For a couple of weeks, I've been adding to the weed heap, and finally this weekend Leah stomped it down to size. The plan continues to be to slowly migrate it west.
Begonia and geraniums are blooming, but I pinched the geraniums to encourage a bunchier habit.
The serviceberry fruit has mostly fallen to some ailment i've noticed before. A few become gigantic but weird, and most become covered with some sort of orange fuzz.
It is dry. Grass growing a lot less, and I need to water the garden regularly.
Poppies have flower buds, and cilantro is flowering.
Harvested some yellow bunch onions. Best I can say is that it's a building year. Will save what I got for planting.
Spent more time weeding, including time on the border, where morning glory and blackberry (nativ and Himalayan) encroach.
Carrots, beats, and radishes planted earlier have been up for a while, and are doing fine.
Harvested last fo the first round of Spinach. Bloomsdale variety. Bolted fast with low yield.
kale is coming along, but still a ways from even beginning to harvest.
Amaranth beginning to flower, but it's still small.
Blueberries never flowered much, but all seem healthy, and doing well with minimal water help.
Barley is growing, and is getting watered, but remains small.
Rhubarb has been in state of suspended animation for a month or so. Did i harvest too soon, or did it just enter summer siesta?
Meanwhile, I have hatched a plan for a month hence. It will be an experimental archaeology feast. Ground oven with camas and taters and whatever else (OK, pua'a). Grills for fish and clams and again, whatever. I will also attempt to replicate what I believe to be the iconic dish of Kanaka-Salish quisine: lomi lomi salmon. This will be the first gathering of the Olympia Archaeological Society outside of the Eastside Tavern. I hope it will not be the last, and am willing to be annual host of this event to make sure.
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