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Monday, May 11, 2009

independence days - leeks and dandelions

in the past two weeks, i've managed to plant a row of leeks, keep everything alive, eat a butternut squash (only two left now!) and cook tomato sauce from my canned tomatoes. oh, and i made some iced dandelion tea again. tasted pollen-y this time.

peas and spinach are growing well. some radishes are up, though oddly the ones that i planted second are doing much better than the ones i planted first. chard is up but still tiny. no sign of garlic or carrots or parsnips or the lettuce i planted this year. some volunteer lettuce around about the yard, though.

tomatoes look good in their pot indoors. need to prepare their beds for them to go outside. cabbage that's indoors is getting mighty leggy. not sure what to do about that. perhaps transfer the pot to the patio so they can have more light and wind.

planning to plant:
basil in all available pots
bush cucumbers in self-watering-containers
flax seed around about
a loofah or two

1 comment:

Joe said...

Hooray for planting!
I put 4 tomatolings into big pots yesterday.

A better boy, a yellow marble, a black janice, and a roma. We'll see how things turn out. :-)