April has been a wet month but there have been warm, sunny days mixed in with the rain. The garden is growing and continues to be weed-free! Yay for the lasagna!
Peanie has been "helping" a ton. She likes to play in mulch and she loves to steal packets of seeds. (She also likes to sneak beans). I mulched paths around the garden two weeks ago and put up a temporary rabbit fence on Thursday using bamboo poles and netting. I need to use landscape staples to secure the netting at the bottom. Right now it's more of a cosmetic fence than one that could actually stop a critter.
Pole beans were planted two weeks ago. Corn went in on Monday morning. Today we planted the green pepper, jalapeno, cucumber, and squash seedlings as well as edemame seeds. We are expecting two cool nights so the tomatoes will wait inside till at least May day.
Peanie and I harvested our first handful of greens today when we thinned the lettuce and chard. Small but very tasty. We spent the morning at the Brookside farmer's market. Bags of greens and lettuce were going for $5! Glad that we planted our own.
Speaking of growing your own food.... Michael Pollan had a nice article that affirms gardening in last week's NYT's Sunday Mag.
