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Garden, July 30, 2014

DSC03749 Carrots and plants that benefit from a little shade.

DSC03754 Parsley going to seed.  I still take some stalks as needed.

DSC03750 Beets are not thriving under these conditions

DSC03751 Cabbage plants in the background are definitely doing poorly.  The mustard plants from the 5 varieties in the mesclun mix.  It survives, but when we cooked it, we found it tough.  I have a lot of learning to do!

DSC03752 Broccoli, which is pale and eaten  (by snails?)

DSC03758 Close up of the eaten broccoli.

At this time of year, when the sun shines on the kitchen garden, it is like an oven.

Garden, 14th Week

DSC01190Overview of garden 14th week,  a day before the winter solstice. DSC01191Green cabbages are growing better on the shadier south end of the garden.  The green cabbage at the far end of the garden is doing the best of all.  The garlic has gotten a lot bigger over the last week.  We had a small harvest of parsley to bake on our fish. DSC01192 Mesclun mix is growing  in the foreground.  We are supposed to have five varieties of salad greens in it.  I’ve seen at least two or three kinds. DSC01193 From front to back, lettuce, a very few carrots, perhaps a couple of beets, which were badly eaten by something, and  a couple of dill plants which will survive if it does not freeze. DSC01194 The larger growing radishes did the best.  one or two are probably overgrown, but we are keeping them until Christmas.  Some  may grow when the light changes.  We’ll see what happens to the others.  The garlic planted on this end of the garden is doing very well.  We may expect that, because with the clove, they may not be light dependent, yet, and must not need certain light conditions to be a switch. The whole onion I planted did not grow,  even though it does not need the energy.  Either the onion got damaged in transit to our house, or it needs certain light conditions.  The onion and chive seeds kept popping up and disappearing, even though October was an OK time for planting.