Here is a picture of my extra large leaf spinach. This is where my spinach went to seed last year. I’m letting it grow so I can collect the seed. This areas is currently the kitty restroom.
The spinach is regular spinach, it’s just amazingly large. The plants have done so well I’m hoping to plant next years seed in the fall.
I put this cloth over my corn. I haven’t had a good corn turnout since my first year at this house. I think the reason is birds. I have many many birds in my garden and more than enough worms to share. But I wont share my corn! I saw some people use chicken wire. But I already had this cloth and it’s easier to set up. When I worked in an organic market garden we called the cloth remay, but that isn’t what it was called when I ordered it. The cloth lets the light and water through and also warms the soil.
Here is some that my children planted in their garden. I had to space the staples every foot to hold up in heavy winds.
Here are some of the Cole crops I planted last week. I picked off most of the outside leaves and placed a cut worm collar around each plant. The cut worm collar is a piece of newspaper 2 inches by 3 inches wrapped around each plant. By the time the newspaper breaks down the stem is big enough that cut worms don’t bother it. My mom always used cut pieces on aluminum cans. I planted my cabbage and kale 3, 2, 3 in a wide row and everything else 2, 1, 2.
The strawberries are starting to look really nice.
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