It's especially fun right now, since we're eating some of the good stuff we've been working with all this time. It does require patience, however, and that's one thing I don't posses in great quantities. For instance, after planting seeds that say "10 days to germination" I am out there the next day and about 5 times a day after that willing the little seeds to grow. I'm almost ready to give up on them after 8 days, and actually mildly surprised to see the first tiny leaves peek out on the 10th or 12th day. How funny is that? I will say that because of this impatience, it is the most carefully tended and well watered patch of earth around - at least until the little ones show themselves! :)
Sweet basil ready for the spaghetti sauce for supper last night.
Spinach and beet greens ready for steaming (to be eaten with salt and butter). This will probably be about the last of the spinach, since it's beginning to bolt. Hopefully this fall I'll plant it again.
Those greens look good! I am lucky in that I can grow them for much of the winter here, but all summer it is too hot here so when I have all the other lovely makings of a salad, I have no greens! I am going to try some in pots in the shade on my deck, I just sowed some seeds last night, now I will be checking on them way too often!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erin! We have the opposite problem here, for sure. No greens in the winter. I think Mama Pea probably wins the prize for the earliest greens with her cold frame. I'm going to have to get together with her and have a chat about that one of these days! I'd like to try it if I can get some help from the hubby to make one. I hope your "shade grown greens" turn out well! I wonder if the spinach would last longer if I tried growing some in the shade? Hmm... :) Happy pot checking, Erin!
ReplyDeleteI pulled my first spinach crop this past week. It was bolting too badly just like yours, Patty. But I immediately planted some more in a raised bed and have it under a shade cloth cover and am waiting to see how that works now that we're getting into more summer than spring weather. We love spinach so much I'm gonna miss it if I can't talk this second crop into doing something!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome to come over anytime to check out our "cold frames." I'm sure your hubby could build one or two (or ten!) with no problem at all. A good winter project!
Thanks, Mama Pea. I'll give you a call soon. And, I'll be planting more spinach soon!
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