The garden for 2024 has begun!! Hooray!!!
Anyone who knew me in my childhood or early 20’s, you’re probably wondering, ” “who in the world is THIS Susie?” LOL
Rhubarb is coming in well, berries and other trees are starting to bud, and the hyacinths are up! (If you have any good rhubarb recipes, please share!!! I’m at a loss beyond, jam, pie, or sauce)
Earlier I consolidated all of the chives to one spot. They’re doing well. I have cut some to have with dinner a couple of times. I’ve never just walked out, cut herbs and thrown them into a dish before. I definitely see the appeal of it! (that is thyme in front of the chives – that got pruned significantly at the end of January – we’ll see how it does this year and with a bit more attention when watering)
Mignonette strawberry plants arrived and have been planted. They are tiny little alpine strawberries. The spot where we have the room for them if also fairly well shaded. Alpine strawberries do quite well in the shade, so I’m going that route rather than getting frustrated by trying to do regular strawberries in a bad spot. The plant I had last year yielded about 5 berries and they are about the size of the first knuckle up to the end of your pinky finger. I think I may need 1000 plants to actually get enough to do anything with, but I’ll worry about other better producing things and enjoy the novelty of these in my garden.
I have planted spinach in two spots in the garden. Peas, radishes and beets have also been planted in the ground.
Seedlings started in February are a mixed bag. One type of pepper has done well, as have the marigolds. But just about everything else I planted has done nothing. I’ll do another round in hopes that I’ll get some viable plants.
I’m excited to see how last fall’s efforts to improve the soil result with this year’s garden. Hooray to the start of the season!!
Fun to see what’s progressing….enjoy