Restarting the garden

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Sunflowers sunning




If it won't be until next year, since they were just seeded, should I bother with trimming?


Was telling DH about this stray corn. I was amazed the cows hadn't eaten it yet.
Jinxed myself.
They ate it over night.
Fenced it off now, though.

 

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Started gathering and freezing some blackberries.

 

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Oh, the cauliflowers are still growing. I went nuts with the slug pellets, nature cooperated(no endless rain), and now they're growing a few new leaves. They have shade up full time, too. Heads are growing on them. Been carefully covering heads with broken off old leaves, as there's not enough leaves to actually cover them any other way. Been checking to make sure they don't suddenly flower, or they'll be harvested right away!

I'll have to have them in a separate spot next year and a permanent little set up for shade for them, too. They're all in shade until about high noon. Level spot was more important than sunny. But also, sun/earth moves, so early spring had more sun than now. Will study the shade interactive map website for best location next year.
Corn has to move or a little berm added bc all of that rain runoff removed compost from them.

Gross bug poo...Gotta net them next time.


And junebugs have found the strawberries, which still refuse to put out berries! Ad to net them to stop damage.