Garden Notes: May 2023
Rainfall
- 7th-8th: 0.55″
- 14th: 0.07″
- 16th-17th: 1.05″
- 18th: 0.37″
- 20th: 0.2″
- Total so far: 2.25 inches
- range of nighttime lows: 39 to 64°F (4 to 18°C)
- range of daytime highs: 65 to 86°F (18 to 30°C)
Planted
- watermelon (Orange Glo)
- sweet potato slips (mostly purples)
- okra (Clemson Spineless)
- grain sorghum (mixed seed)
- cherry tomatoes (Matt’s Wild and Tiny Tim)
- summer squash (Tatume)
- winter squash (Sweet Potato)
- pole beans (Cornfield)
- peanuts
- bell pepper transplants (Giant Marconi and Red)
Potatoes in the African keyhole garden. Also pictured – yarrow and butterfly weed. |
Potato flowers |
On the front porch trellis, I have yam berry vines growing. |
Buckwheat and corn |
Finally outgrowing the buckwheat! Can you see it? |
Tomatoes are flowering, but no tomatoes yet. |
Peas, cherries, and the last of the asparagus and strawberries |
Pea, asparagus, lettuce, and peanut salad |
Cherry pie |
Lambs quarter |
Years ago, when I first started harvesting lambs quarter for eating and canning, I followed the advice to harvest it when it was under one foot tall. I cut down the stalks and picked off all the leaves. I’ve since figured out a quicker and easier way, one that gives me a longer harvest too.
I cut them at the base of the leaves. |
When harvested like that, all that’s required is to wash and cook them. No tough stems to discard, and the plants will grow new clusters of leaves that can be picked no matter how big the plant gets. I find I can harvest this way until they flower and go to seed.
Canning lambs quarter, a favorite cooked green. |
Oregano drying |
Daikon radish over a foot long! Even though it’s large, it’s still sweet and makes an excellent addition in our salads. |
Chopped peas & asparagus, grated daikon, feta cheese, & hard boiled egg. |
Kimchi |
Not Harvesting
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