Garden Update, End of April 2023

 The garden is coming along slowly this year. After the mattress fiasco, I still am not back up to par with my breathing. I don't know what's up and I don't have a doctor's appointment regarding it until next month.
Anyhow, I'm an impatient person and I am probably putting too many expectations on how things should be coming along.
This is what we have going on so far.

Bob got both greenhouses secured to the ground using rebar.

Technically, these greenhouses are longer than our fifth wheel is.

The rebar and clamps cost around $60.

One down and one to go. The covers actually go on fairly easily. Bob was able to do it all on his own.

I always buy a few lettuce plants to plant so that I can get a jump on being able to enjoy some homegrown salads, etc. I planted this out around 2 weeks ago.

I planted some onion sets so that I have green onions to use. They will be ready to harvest not too long from now. I have another 100 to plant. I wanted to stagger them.

My peas are starting to sprout. I'm most excited about the Roveja Soup variety. It's an Italian heirloom variety that comes from the Umbria region. I've never had a soup pea. I've never heard of soup peas until this year. I figured that I would give them a whirl.

We lost the bottom out of another raised bed. This bed has our shallots in it and I planted a few Egyptian Walking Onion bulbils in there last year when I pulled all of mine out.
Bob will have to take the legs off and set it on the ground like he did the other one.

The potatoes sprouted and they got covered with straw. We'll continue to do that as they pop up.

This is marjoram. It wintered over. I need to do a bit of pruning on it.

This is my lavender that I've had for the past decade or so. I plan on putting it in the ground somewhere.

Rosemary sure has some uniquely beautiful flowers.

This is one of the mint plants that my old neighbor gave me to plant.

The strawberry patch is sure looking scraggly.

I need to have Bob move my pot of chives up closer to the fifth wheel.

This is one of the honeyberry bushes that my old neighbor gave me.

This is a wild mullein plant that grows on the opposite side of the driveway.

This is the spearmint that I planted last year. I took a zoom photo of the moss world that lives with it in it's container.

We're going to put a layer of recycled cannabis grow soil over the leaves in the beds. That will amend them from that junk soil we got stuck with last year. I have 2 more of these cucumber trellises to go in there, too. I am thinking that I need to make some dill pickles this year.

I've had the big raised bed planted out for a month or more now. I have broccoli, red cabbage, brussels sprouts and a whole lot of onions planted in there. I'll add in some bush peas and lettuce in the next few days.

My sole rose bush is starting to leaf out. I want to bring this up closer to the trailer so that it can be a bit more protected from the deer.

My friend, Rose, gave me this plant. I think it's pretty. I still need to figure out where to put it.

The Red Muzik garlic is doing very well.
I have 2 planter boxes of it.

The gooseberries and currants made it through the winter.

We have rhubarb growing and thriving. I'm thinking about putting more asparagus crowns behind the potato bed.

This is one of the snapdragons that I started from seed last year. It wintered over and is still growing.


Thanks for taking the garden tour with me. Hopefully, next week, I'll be announcing that we finally have gotten our baby chicks. Keep your fingers crossed.