What the garden did on vacation
May 6, 2007 at 8:31 PM
by Ashleigh
Came back from vacation and first thing on Saturday we were at the allotment. The committee had made sure my garden was watered and I was amazed to see how everything grew while we were gone! The weeds grew too!
Some new photos to show you what I mean.
A beautiful butterhead lettuce. This one was a seedling from the garden centre.
We ate one just like it for supper tonight with a chilli vinaigrette, chopped tomato, feta cheese and sliced carrot. Oh, and the best kebabs ever! Marinated in a ginger, garlic, maple syrup and vinegar marinade. Mmmmm...
One of the Salad Bowl lettuces planned for dinner tomorrow. This lot was sown indoors back on the 3rd March.
First pea pods, sown indoors on 3 March. Don't they look just like peas in a pod?
A cauliflower surrounded by some purple kohlrabi. The idea is to harvest the kohlrabi as golf ball sized fruit and then pull them out, leaving the cauliflowers the rest of the space.
These cauliflower are remarkable because they were eaten almost down to the ground by the ducks before I made my cunning chicken wire enclosure for them! They've recovered wonderfully. The chicken wire is off and they now have pirate flags protecting them from errant fowl. I'm hoping the pirates on the bunting will prove even more chillingly frightening to the ducks. Pity you can't threaten ducks with walking the plank.
The caulis were from the garden centre and the kohlrabi from my neighbour. Don't they look beautiful together?
Blackberries in bloom. I'm thinking ... JAM!
A procession of cows on the polder:
I wonder what they were doing? Do you think one said 'follow me' and the rest did? Maybe the two behind have co-dependent personalities. Maybe the one in front is a dictator. Psychology among cows... I'm sure someone's studied it.
I also replanted some tomatoes to 10 cm pots, bought some compost to replant the rest, potted on some calabrese (broccoli), planted more lettuce in a tray, weeded my entire plot, tried out the new sprinkler, and then tidied up everything and brought it home because tomorro, after 45 days of drought, it's going to rain!
Comments
Your veggies are coming along wonderfully! How nice to be able to eat what you've grown yourself.
Wow! It's looking fantastic already!
I'm looking at your lovely garden and admiring the nice black soil!!! (LOL) Our dirt is clay and horrible....we have to BUY dirt to add to our soil. SAD!!! Anyhow, your garden is coming along so nicely! I love your blog! Just found it!!! My grandpa was born in Holland and moved to the US when he was 7.....so i'm half Dutch! :)
Greetings from California....Laurie~
Your vegetables look great. Very healthy and tasty. Ours have really got going with all the rain but are only babies compared to yours. You must be so proud.
Wow, those are impressive veggies. You must have two green thumbs. ;)
Welcome home, Ash! See you on Tuesday if Joe's back in the bloom of health. ;)
May 6, 2007 8:48 PM