Garden at end of 6th week

  Baby radishes

I am still observing my garden, and wondering whether or not increasing day lengths  in a couple of months are going to improve its performance.   Some of the seedlings are taller than a week ago.  Watering seems to help a little.   Fertilizer  may have helped a little.  Some seedlings are a bit greener and taller than a week ago.    I am planning to gradually improve the soil by adding potting mix, topsoil and mulch as a long term project.   In the short term I am just watching.

The sorrel, not available in stores, is nowhere, and I think that will not succeed.  Chives and onions from seeds are doing very poorly.  I am not sure about oregano and marjoram because some herbs grew very slowly last year.  Everything else is not doing what I had expected.

This attempt of mine shows that putting seeds in the lead free ground is not enough to grow a kitchen garden.  I had expected it to grow better.

It is now five days after the above garden picture was taken, and there has not been much growth in the last week.  After trying week without special watering, I went out to water this PM, and will water twice a day hereafter.  It may be that my new lead-free planting mix with wood organic matter added to sand does not hold enough water to carry the plants to the end of the day.  If this fails to make  a difference, I will check some other things.  Our radishes should be nearly ready to eat by now.