Mediocre Start

Went to the garden this morning to check and see if the tomatoes needed watering. They didn't, but they are not thriving. I definitely expected them to be happier with the sunlight they're getting. I do think they will eventually perk up, though I may even lose a few. Weird. I will drop by tonight and hit them with a dose of fertilizer. Absolute worst case I have to buy some plants at the local greenhouse. Hope not.

Aaaaaand we're off!

Due to just miserable rainy weekends, I was off to a bit of a slow start this year, but things are looking pretty good now. I missed the last frost date target by a few weeks, but was good by Memorial Day. Thought it might be good to revisit some of my New Year's gardening resolutions and see how I'm doing so far.

1. Landscape fabric - Found some at a yard sale. Not increibly thick, not sure how good of a weed block it would be. Haven't laid any down yet. Got a ton of straw from a friend, so it's somewhat less urgent.
2. Fertilize - I will do the first dose tonight. My plants seem to be not exactly thriving, though I'm certain they'll perk up soon.
3. Diversify - cukes, beans, kale, potatoes, zucchini - Kale in full swing. Zucchini plants but not up yet (slightly worried). Cuke seeds to be planted tonight. Maybe do beans at home. May pass on potatoes. Never do a very good job with those.
4. Potatoes - Meh.
5. Garlic - Had some volunteers pop up, tried separating and replanting, I don't think they took very well to it. May just need to wait until fall.
6. Raised beds - Nope.
7. Pruning - No need yet.
8. Kale square - Kale square is planted and some coming up already. Will try to stay on top of weeds.

So in terms of score, I'd give myself half credit on 3 and 5, full credit on 8, and not count 7. So about 2/7 - 29%. So a low F. F--. *sigh*

Pretty pleased with current progress. There were a ton of weeds, mostly this vine thing that looks like Creeping Charlie (great guide I found online that has a lot of the weeds I see in my plot - https://www.bhg.com/gardening/pests/insects-diseases-weeds/types-of-weeds/ ). It's pretty easy to pull most of it, but tough to get all of it.

How things looked when I'd just started...

Ack!

Kale Square

And currently...

Still needs work. But better.

Three types of kale.