Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Satelite Garden doing just fine
Now that we have two gardens, we have been weeding and mulching much more! The top photo is our satellite garden just after weeding and mulching with hay. Two rows of tomatoes, one row of squash, zucchini and summer, two rows of carrots, one row of beets and one row of winter squash and melons.
This year we tried growing tomatillos for the first time. How interesting and beautiful they are. The plants look like tomatoes, many tiny yellow blossoms appear, like dots on fabric.
Then Japanese lanterns appear, hovering just below the bright green canopy of leaves. They grow bigger and more opaque. The fruit will grow in them. So cool and pretty! Like their own protection from pets.
The last photo is of one garlic bulb I dug out to see how big they were. The two red ions were left over from last years and got lost in the weeds. Little surprises. The garlic will be ready soon. Now that we have some sun, the onions are really taking off.
The last part of the weekend was spent digging out nasty hay in the duck stall and laying new fresh bedding for them. They are very happy now. While I was working one of the hens came in to see what I was doing. She quickly disappeared under the huge pile of fresh hay. As I scooped up a bunch with my rake, she came with me, got a quick ride, then hopped and ran off. She left me a gift though, a bright blue egg!
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