This week brought lots of growth to the garden and the backyard. First, I have started to build a retaining wall to help define and separate the garden from the lawn area. The wall is three cords high and will curve and extend southwest. The space between the grass and the wall will be filled with stepping stones and will lead south towards the back of the house. I do not plan on extending the retaining wall to far southwest but that idea could change in time. The second growth is to the garden. Lots of the plants have started flowering and the seeds have begun to sprout.
Eggplant
Squash & Bitter Melon
Dill
Corn & Asparagus Bean
Lettuce
Which plants are rocking in the victory garden this week; eggplant, squash, bitter melon, dill, chives and strawberries. I have included a video of my search for ripe strawberries to give you and idea of how many berries are on the plant. I am hoping that I can make a small strawberry pie this year. If not I can always freeze the berries and use them in a frozen smoothy during those hot summer days. The corn, asparagus beans and green beans, planted by seed, have sprouted and are starting to reach for the sky. The warm weather over the past week was needed and help the seeds sprout quickly. The lettuces seeds have grown leaps and bounds! I can really see the leaves take shape and the base of the lettuce take form. What is not rocking; the basil and pepper plants have been attached by a hoard of gastropods. These little critters found their way past our perimeter and chowed down on most of the basil and a few of the pepper leaves. Our armies fought back and now we hope the gastropods will retreat and go elsewhere.
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