The plants sure are growing

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Sunlight, compost, and a few companions: plants don’t need much to have a good time.

First lunch time harvest

These kale leaves were relatively bug-free. I did find one or two leaves with tiny caterpillars, and another leaf with aphid eggs.

I don’t use any chemical fertilizers and I don’t use any chemical sprays. Only compost and manure for food, and companion plants for bug protection.

Future melon patch. They’re growing like crazy. Watermelon, honeydew, basil, catnip, lavender

 

The primary vegetable bed gets a great amount of sun, and then the plants can rest in the shade. The kale have smothered the cabbage. Not sure I am going to get any decent cabbage this season. The tomatoes at the far end are doing great. They are all different varieties. Can’t tell how the potatoes in the center are doing.

 

Tomatoes are coming along very well. They are growing all over the place and they don’t all stay up on the string lines. I probably should have gotten tomato cages early on. I have pruned these plants a lot so they don’t smother each other’s light.

Lawn damage update

Word on the vine is September is the time of year to seed the lawn. All that’s grown here since I seeded are clover and alfalfa (which I purposely co-seeded with the grass). No new grass has appeared. The clover are taking very well, which is good, as I plan to convert some of this space to a winter hothouse.

Clover clover, send clover right over!
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