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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Potatoes - Meh.
- 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.
- Raised beds - Nope.
- Pruning - No need yet.
- 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...
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Ack!
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Kale Square
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And currently...
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Still needs work. But better.
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Three types of kale.
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