Vegetable Gardening

[Photoflygirl]

Your lettuce bed is very pretty! And I love the strawberry runners being sent out in all directions.

I want to put some strawberries in my upcoming new vegetable garden too.

Thanks! This is the first time I've grown lettuce so I tried several varieties to see what we liked. I did a third planting of 'Black Seeded Simpson' in between the strawberry rows, but something (birds?) ate all the sprouts when they were a few days old! I did try Arugla last year and it didn't come up. It doesn't seem to be doing too well this year either, and I planted in a different bed to see what happened. I don't know what it is needed.

I was surprised to find out the strawberries will perform better if we pick all the blooms off during the first two years! Oh well, it will be well worth the wait.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm so excited!!
Even though the ground is wet and the rain never seems to stop, the excavator says he's coming anyway tomorrow to lay out and dig my vegetable garden! He'll come back with topsoil a day or two later. He has to remove the sod and dig out about 6" of nasty shale/clay as well. YAY!!!
I'll have to take pictures of the process.

[tulip]

My spuds are blooming, which means I'll soon have new potatoes. I picked a bowlful of fresh peas, which are so good straight from the pod. My tomatoes are picking up, and my cucumbers, zucchini, and watermelons are blooming.

My onions died, I think because I mulched them when I should not have. I still haven't planted beans, but I'll do that his weekend for a late crop.