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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.  

Garden 9th Week After Planting

DSC01003 The green on the left is radishes,             And that on the right is cilantro and parsley.

DSC00996 Radishes.  The taller variety grows better. DSC00994 A little Mesclun Mix is in the front.

The lettuce has disappeared again.  I think caterpillars ate it.

After fertilizing, frequent watering, letting in a little more light, and removing the tent-caterpillared mulberry leaves, the garden is doing a little better.

We have a little less than 10 weeks to have the garden get yet darker, and the light again.