We finally got all of this year’s plants in the ground. With the recent inclement weather, it seems as though things are lagging behind a little. The radishes which we planted back in March are really just starting to mature and some of our earlier maturing plants are still rather small. We were able to make the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale at City Farm and found some great additions to our garden which were rounded out with some plants from the Goddard Park Farmer’s Market and seeds from Seeds of Change. For this year, we broke up our plantings into three distinct zones:
Behind the house we have the herb area…we planted bergamont, shiso, hummingbird sage, pineapple sage, variagated sage, rosemary, bbq rosemary, chervil, flat parsley, curly parsley, cutting celery, marjoram, thyme, german thyme and lavender.
Out in our raised boxes we have some bush beans, sorrel, celery, tomato, peppers, eggplant, peas, radish and sunflowers.
The side yard, which gets the most sun hosts our tomato and basil plants.
…and we can’t forget about the hops! This year, I affixed a pulley at the top of the pole to allow us to lower the bine down for harvest…it seems as though some cones are ready before others, so now we can selectively harvest the mature cones without cutting down the whole plant.
-Josh
