Garden Changes

I decided I didn't have space to grow a weed, so I destroyed the mystery plant. I cleaned out the strawberry pot and put in a couple of real strawberry plants, one a real Ozark Beauty (as opposed to the not so Ozark Beauty that came with my strawberry kit) and the other an Allstar. Allstar is June bearing and bears larger fruit than the OB's.

New strawberries on left

It's supposed to be good to have more than one variety of strawberry plant around for pollination reasons.

I also replanted the new pea seedies in their own container:

New English Peas

They're too small to climb at this point, but I'll soon need a tressel. I tresseled both sides of the bean/pea combo container because they were falling all over the place:

Peas and Beans. I found a couple more
pea pods have emerged in the mix

Some of the green beans are getting big enough to harvest and eat. The problem is that there are probably going to be only a handful in each batch (this seems to be true for the peas as well), not enough for a meal. I think I'll blanch them to add in salads rather than trying to make an entire dish from just a few beans.

In other news, I staked the green bean plants that were falling down under the weight of the beans:

Staked Beans

and I caged the tomato which was starting to lean:



The tomato plant is getting big. It's a determinant plant, so
I'm not supposed to have to prune it.


I took the peppers for an outing, and they got hailed on. Now I know how Charles Ingalls felt when his crop was destroyed by hail is an early episode of Little House on the Prairie. The peppers don't look too happy now. I brought them back in because they weren't doing well in the wind and it's supposed to cool off after tomorrow (back into the 50s which is pretty remarkable for late May.) Peppers prefer warmth.

The lettuce and onions seem to be faring well outside. The blueberry and cranberry bushes are alive and doing better since I rescued them from over fertilizing, but there isn't much growth. I'm not sure I'll ever get berries.

I have a couple of interesting additions that I'll reveal this week.