The sweet potatoes are small but were started from clippings about a month after I planted the main crop. Had to dig up this part of the bed to make room for some early plantings of kohlrabi, brussels sprouts and broccoli. I did dig up quite a few baby roots that went into the compost so, it's possible, I'll have a second harvest from the compost bin in the spring!
Every Monday, Daphne's Dandelions hosts Harvest Monday, a way for you to see what others in the blogosphere are harvesting. It's amazing to see how the different areas of the country harvest completely different crops.
It's another hot morning in Florida. The temps are already into the 80's and it's very humid with thunderstorms forecast for the afternoon.
Got the new beds assembled. I was lazy and bought the kits rather than build them myself. They look nice but won't last as long since they are built with wimpy boards, not the 2" rough cedar that I love. Here is the before and afters. These beds are for potatoes and garlic that won't be delivered for another month or two so I'll line them with cardboard to kill the sod then flip the sod upside down and fill the beds with soil.
I moved the recently potted blueberries to their temporary home along the western boundary of the garden. The pool enclosure will start a few feet to the right and, once built, I will move the blueberries over as a privacy hedge along the screen. That will give me a decent pathway to the right of the new beds.
Here are the other new beds put in yesterday.
The top shows the potted blueberries where I dug them up and now the new beds have taken their place. The far beds were built around the existing blackberry bushes that I'll move in the winter when they are semi dormant. The garlic planned for those beds will go in after being chilled in the fridge for a month or so. It's a mini experiment to see if the pre chilled ones grow bigger bulbs than the ones planted without chilling.
After looking at these pictures I realize how badly I need to mulch the walkways. Here is a shot I took in the spring after the mulch was put down. It really pulls the whole garden together and makes it so much cleaner looking.
Well, that's it for today. I need to get out and start pruning trees before we hit the 90's, again.
Thanks for reading!
Jen
