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May 1, 2024

Ah!  Gray May.  Things grow even if the sun don't shine.

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This is the annex. Compare this photo with June 8th!

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Another angle on the annex.

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Some peas, the artichoke plants and early borage.

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Rear-view of raised bed #4 - onions and garlic and bean seedlings.

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Still a few peas, but they're on their way out as beans
and cukes take their place.

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Early look at Tomato Row.

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Pretty sparse.

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Alley-found planters with some snapdragons in them.

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Some buttcrunch lettuces.

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The first nasturtium flower showed up.

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A sparse Flower Island. One can only hope it fills in someday.

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Oreganos and healthy chervil. That won't last.

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Good lettuces and beginning summer squash.

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Little baby things that only live to please the farmer.

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Those peas gotta go.

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There's always something in a little 4" pot somewhere.

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Raised bed #5 - lots of surface showing. That won't last.

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Look at those future salads! Yum!

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Restful seating.

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The butt-end of Tomato Row.

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The front-end of Tomato Row.

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May 13, 2024

Well, stuff grew in spite of the gloomy weather!

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Lots more nasturtiums now and the 'maters are startin' to grow.

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The annex is taking off.

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Look at them artichoke plants.

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Beans are thriving and the garlic & onions are working.

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Melon seedlings and tomatillo on the left; beets on the right.

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More tomatillos and newly transplanted squashes.

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Flower Island is blooming a bit.

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Uh oh, what's that?  Oh, yeah, basil and a small pepper plant.

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The usual 4" seedlings.

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Brussels sprouts and some lettuces.

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Summer squash.

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Tomato Row.

 

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Roma tomatoes.

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May 19, 2024

Well, stuff grew in spite of the gloomy weather!

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Now yer talkin' !!

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May 20, 2024

 

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Amish Paste tomatoes.

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A green bean.

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Dragon Tongue beans.

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A summer squash.

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The first tomatillo.

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Some freebies for a friend.

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My semi-feral neighbor cats do love that catnip!

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May 24, 2024

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The annex.

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The relaxation room.

 

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Herb Avenue.

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Some beets getting ready for retirement.

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Brussels Sprouts.

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Beans thriving and onion & garlic.

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Tomatoes and peppers and whatnot.

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Bean Street meets Cuke Street.

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Pattypans bursting at the seams. Lettuces bolting.
How much lettuce can one man eat?

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Tomato Row.

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Green drink with fresh golden beets from the garden.

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May 27, 2024

 

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Beans, onions and garlic.

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West wall.

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Golden beet amongst seedlings.

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May 31, 2024

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Some of the annex.

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Romas.

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Brad's Atomic Grapes.

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A cucumber.

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Sacks of tomatillos.

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Dragon Tongue beans.

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Borage protecting a tomatillo plant.

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Bushy greenhouse tomatoes in the real world.

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Italian Roma tomatos.

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Flower Island is unstoppable.

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There's a snapdragon.

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The bees like borage.

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Who wouldn't?

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Flower Island is not done yet.

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Snapshot of the west side of the yard.

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Another angle.

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Love those green tomatillos. Wait for the salsa verde...

 

 

 

ON TO JUNE!