Phaedra's Garden 2022

[digitS']

Those potatoes are lovely, Phaedra.

Well, actually everything is !

We will be harvesting new potatoes and garlic before long 🤞.

Steve

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Simply stunning!

 

[Phaedra]

Made a new raised bed from pallets. I didn't decide what to plant inside yet, but it's likely to be a rose bed.

It's always fun to pick pea pods at the right timing. I love peas! They offer such delicious and tender leaves in the spring, pods, and peas later.

Today's harvest, a lot of them!

Blueberries are on the way.

 

[ducks4you]

I'm starting to think that you and @ninnymary are cousins, or something.
You Both keep the tidiest yards!!

 

[baymule]

Gheesh don’t look at what’s passing for a yard where I live now! Haha!

 

[Phaedra]

The newly harvested potatoes - colors increase their attractiveness.

Homegrown potatoes are very safe - and we love pan-fried potato skins! Just a little bit of oil and patience - it's delicious and nutritious.

Lavenders are at their peak, and soon I need to prune them hard again.

Broccolis are coming.

Apples and pears are growing steadily. As the trees are still very young, I kept only 2~3 apples/pears on each tree.

Raspberries are growing nicely, both summer and autumn varieties - we are likely to have a decent harvest in another week.

For the chive patch - I buried the dried flower heads on June 24th, and the next generations are greeting me two weeks later; wow, that's quick.

Usually, we have our first frost in the middle of October, so I will plant several sprouted potatoes later today. More than three months should be enough for another harvest.

 

[ninnymary]

I'm starting to think that you and @ninnymary are cousins, or something.
You Both keep the tidiest yards!!

I go hunting for weeds in my yard and get so excited when i find one!

Mary

 

[baymule]

Never thought about burying the dried flower heads!

 

[digitS']

I go hunting for weeds in my yard and get so excited when i find one!

Mary

That is "weeds," Mary.

Not weed.

🚭

 

[Phaedra]

I finally got some time to clean up this raspberry patch. They were planted last summer and so far, all on their own - no extra water, no feed, and almost drowned in the weeds. I felt sorry, but as I spent quite a lot of time in Cologne, this area became the "wildlife garden."

Anyway, I had some progress today and will give them a boost of water and good feed tomorrow. I will also use the chop-and-drop method in this area from now on.