Spring in the Garden 2009

The garlic is shooting up. We purchased 3 types of garlic from the 100 Mile Diet Challenge booth at the Celebration of Community in Mission in the fall and planted them in October. We purchased Russian Red, Leningrad and Portuguese, roughly 12 bulbs at $2.00 each. The asparagus is starting to sprout right beside the garlic... but it will take 2-3 years to harvest it, as it needs to form strong roots.

We have a patch of clay and poor drainage in the back corner of our property. So we planted potatoes in hopes that it would break up this soil and give it some nutrients that it needs.... Didn't really work out all that well, the potatoes hardly grew and we had a hard time finding them come harvest time. Could be because we planted them too deep - we have learned a thing or two for next potatoe planting season.

Peas, bulk choy, and chard are the first to arrive...

Everything is growing...