Here we go!

Well, maybe I won’t catch up, but make an effort to do better keeping up this season. Of course there will be references and photos from last year but I won’t try to recall the whole season.

Overall it did ok – some successes, some failures. But as I might have said in here before (but say all the time IRL), each year is a little better than the previous year. So we’re getting there

• We (my son Jason and I) finally got asparagus planted. Fingers crossed it survived the winter. No sign of it yet. I’ve been checking since the snow melted but I guess it’s too early. I hope it’s too early. Haha
• I got another installment of rhubarb moved from it’s old location to where the garden is now. There’s still more out there but I haven’t prepared a spot for it and it’s already starting to sprout. By the way, the moved ones are coming up too.
• Built the compost bin. Now I know why some people make them with three compartments. Maybe that will be a future project.
• Some success with onions from sets and a little lettuce. Peppers of all kinds were relatively slim pickin’s.
• Using black plastic mulch made a huge difference for the tomatoes’ recurring disease problem but still not 100% happy.
• Squashes, cukes, pole beans, carrots, beets, parsnips, and later on, peas – all booo hisss.
• Yay, finally got and planted some Egyptian Walking Onions. Yay again, they survived the winter and are coming up vigorously as I type.
• PLENTY of mostly Red Currant (cherry) tomatoes for my salad. Volunteers everywhere – near the compost, in the garden, growing like weeds.