Transplanted: Chard

Poor poor, neglected garden. My friends and I are trying to start a business, and that means that a lot of things in my life are getting neglected, not just the garden. But it was 8:30 last night, I actually had a little energy and the weather was good so I asked Tommy if he wanted to put some more plants in the ground. It was actually still pretty muddy, and the light was going fast, so we just put in 5 swiss chard plants and called it a night.

I took the row cover off the tomato/pepper/eggplant rows, they were starting to push up against it and get smashed. So far the tomatoes have just bolted upwards and there have been a few nibbles on some of the pepper leaves, but they are pretty big so I hope they make it. Broccoli and carrots are getting bigger but I'll leave the cover on them too.

We've had a few tiny, wimpy green bean harvests, of anywhere from 2-4 beans at a time, LOL. But I think it's better to pick them so the plant is motivated to produce more.

One thing that is doing awesomely this year is our strawberry patch! My mom converted our old sandbox to strawberries a couple years back and this year we have been getting bumper harvests! Here are the weirdest, biggest and smallest ones Tommy picked last night:


Oh, and I did throw some basil seedlings in some of the pots on the back deck a couple days ago. They are way happier about that!!