Garden Update
Suppose I should do an update on the garden! We've put in 4 new raised beds this year and a major overhaul on the others. The salad space has been reduced and moved from last years location to a smaller, new bed but the production of the salad has doubled!! I must be doing something right.
One of our major crops, the potatoes have a new bed dedicated to themselves, and spare space has filled with potted potato plants. Garlic is going strong, we put down a bed of them last fall and mulched them well, they were our pot luck planting, not sure if they'd survive the harsh winter.
The covered bed of Chard and Beets that I wrote about in the early spring that was covered in snow for a month is looking very healthy and strong, there's even a few bonus lettuce and mustard that popped up, very early direct sowing of Beets and Chard are on next years list, very hardy but quick growing crop. I finally got round to adding the vertical support to the cover frame work and helped greatly with the snow load.
The Brussels we started indoors in march are nearly 2ft high and the other brassicas are also looking promising. In the fruit department, the Rhubarb has produced a nice amount, the cherry trees are covered in flowers and the Raspberries are vigorous, the only dissapointing crop is the gooseberries, out of 3 plants only one is really producing.
