Victory Garden Not Yet Victorious

Yay!

Notes on the “Garden:”  Well, it’s May 1, we didn’t get April showers and the “produce” would have to be photographed with the macro lens. Kinda disappointing that the garden is not moving along very robustly! The weather has been way too cold, I guess. We did have a short heat wave so some seeds sprouted, but now it is cool again so the seedlings are miniature. The good news, though, is that it is raining nicely today.

The strawberry plants are doing really well. There is some chard and tiny bunching onions struggling along. There are a few beets, two kinds of squash, watermelon, and pumpkins.  Put the Oregon Spring tomatoes in the ground–they are maybe one inch high–certainly not standard planting procedures being followed here. The cherry tomatoes are in pots and doing better than the other experiments.

The last five years, planting a garden has been a challenge. Global warming, climate change? Very weird. In the past I think I have given up too soon and chucked it all. This year we will hang in for as long as it takes. Next post, maybe I will be able to take photos with the normal lens!

The wallflowers and alyssum were spectacular–weather apparently is not a factor in their success!

My friend, Irvin Baker (89), bought his tomato plants at the beginning of April and planted them–IN THE GROUND. I was skeptical, he was determined. Here he is with last year’s crop, planted early in April. Who am I to argue with his experience? His plants were loaded all summer long. What can I say? He was a WWII fighter pilot. One of those brave guys who chased German planes around in one-on-one combat. Bold in the air and in the garden. Go Irv!