Yesterday was May Day! Unfortunately, in Virginia, there was a SHOCKING lack of dancing around the maypole… Perhaps the morris dancers had no interest in celebrating the beginning of spring with us, since our planting season kicked off over a month ago.
Our tulips, hyacinths and daffodils have come and gone. The azalea bushes are in full bloom. The fig tree’s branches are covered in little figlets. And, the herbs are looking robust.
We signed up for a farm share again this year, so we’ll be getting a large crate of veggies and fruit weekly from the farmers market throughout the summer and fall. Because we have guaranteed fresh produce every week, we decided to get a little creative with our vegetable beds. Purple potatoes, red carrots (inspired by Adrienne), black tomatoes…we can’t wait to make a salad with all our off-colored harvest! We also planted some more traditionally-colored items including beets (red), peppers (red and yellow), eggplants (purple), and blueberries (that’s right - blue).
Looks like the only thing left to do is to find a corner of the yard to put up the ol' maypole… Hope your gardens are blooming!
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Postscripts for the curious (the bored may close their browsers now):
Adrienne’s inspiring post about the secrets of carroting husbandry is here.
If you live in Northern Virginia and covet our giant weekly crate of ripe asparagus, peaches, squash, rhubarb, melons, etc. - our favorite CSA, Dragon Fly Farms, appears to still have a couple open spots. Info here.
Our tulips, hyacinths and daffodils have come and gone. The azalea bushes are in full bloom. The fig tree’s branches are covered in little figlets. And, the herbs are looking robust.
Adelaide lost her job as Junior Weeder
when she started pulling up the tulips.
We signed up for a farm share again this year, so we’ll be getting a large crate of veggies and fruit weekly from the farmers market throughout the summer and fall. Because we have guaranteed fresh produce every week, we decided to get a little creative with our vegetable beds. Purple potatoes, red carrots (inspired by Adrienne), black tomatoes…we can’t wait to make a salad with all our off-colored harvest! We also planted some more traditionally-colored items including beets (red), peppers (red and yellow), eggplants (purple), and blueberries (that’s right - blue).
We're always a little nervous waiting for the first
green sprouts after planting seeds...
Last year, our tomato plants got so tall that they
toppled their wire cages. We're hoping for a repeat.
(The black thing is our compost wheel.)
Looks like the only thing left to do is to find a corner of the yard to put up the ol' maypole… Hope your gardens are blooming!
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Postscripts for the curious (the bored may close their browsers now):
Adrienne’s inspiring post about the secrets of carroting husbandry is here.
If you live in Northern Virginia and covet our giant weekly crate of ripe asparagus, peaches, squash, rhubarb, melons, etc. - our favorite CSA, Dragon Fly Farms, appears to still have a couple open spots. Info here.
That's awesome. Our bulbs are only just beginning to bloom and we haven't planted any of our herbs yet because it keeps snowing/freezing! We're hoping for this week tho. :) Love the compost wheel, compost is such a great thing, we did it all growing up - cuts back on garbage and gives you beautiful black soil! Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteWe've had so much odd weather lately that things just aren't growing. My tulips just barely started blooming.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your garden!
I'm just jealous that you already have spring flowers and CAN plant your garden. Crazy cold weather here. It looks like it might actually be spring soon though.. :)
ReplyDeleteHoly cow. Who knew you had such a green thumb! I don't even know what half of those plants are. Look awesome. I'm jealous of what will be the fruits of your labors and what will be some delicious yet healthy meals.
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