All plants grown in the high wind prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time to time. Gardening personality relaxed and experimental, purist about very little. Growing Days approximately 135 Authors are HUMAN, …
Collection of June Harvest photos from 2022, backyard suburban garden.
Check to see how many leaves of the garlic are dried, that will tell you when to harvest garlic without digging it up too soon!
Green Onions! I planted them last year, during the summer. They survived in my herb spiral over the winter. Our winter got down to -20 degrees F for a couple of days. It was a mild winter. Which allowed these green onions to thrive under the mulch for at least 6 months. I noticed them …
Charentais melons have a deeply sweet traditional cantaloupe flavor. These melons are around 2 pounds and have many variations. Guide Inside.
The hard frost comes tomorrow night. I am not ready. The environment around her lately has been tumultuous, with all of us on edge, pre-occupied. A crisis required all hand on deck for a short time, and now we survey all we put aside during that time. And it is a mess. Garden chores call.
The June harvest basket is green with lettuce, peas, kohlrabi and some red radish.