So I recently posted some pics from late April. Here's what the garden looks like as of today, June 15. The nasturtiums, in particular, have loved the damp, cool weather. A while back I pulled out the beans, because they just weren't growing...must have been a bad batch of seeds because I planted twice, following the recommendations of soaking the beans overnight and using an organic bean innoculant. I put a tomato plant in its place.After I harvested all the radishes, I put in basil and another tomato plant. I had mixed results with the radishes. Even though they are a cool weather crop, I think all the rain hurt them. The French breakfast radishes were really good, but the mixed variety of radishes ("Easter Egg") was really slow growing and they were dry and somewhat hollow in the center. The texture wasn't good and I ended up composting many of them. Next year, I'll just plant the French breakfast. At the same time I planted radishes, I planted carrots, and they are still growing. I have no idea how they will turn out -- I remember finding them difficult to grow in Kansas, they were subject to all sorts of soil and pest issues that made them come out deformed or icky -- so we'll see how they do.
Right now we are harvesting and enjoying the snow peas I planted from seed in early March, as well as lots lettuce: romaine, a speckled variety of red leaf lettuce, and arugula. I have picked two huge bunches of cilantro -- had to give one to a neighbor -- and probably will have to replant that soon so I have some when the jalapenos and tomatoes are ready.
Slugs have been a huge problem, they were devouring my squash plants, so I had to resort to the Sluggo for Organic Gardners. I hate to use anything, but this year with all the rain, I realized there would soon be no garden at all if I didn't take some type of drastic measures, and putting beer in shallow dishes just wasn't cutting it!
