Garden Update

We have been harvesting lettuce and carrots! Until today, the carrots have not made it into the house because I eat them straight from the garden. But tonight we will have a salad with lettuce and carrots, just hours old.


The beans, of course, did not survive the first freeze. I should have known. But when it's 90 degrees out and I'm planting a garden in my bathing suit so I can cool off in the pool when it gets too hot, it's hard not to think of warm weather plants.


The lettuce, carrots and beets are doing great. We also have some spinach, chard, onions, broccoli and cabbage that look good, but are not ready for harvest yet. Since the last garden update, I have planted some more lettuce and carrot seeds. And I bought some chard seedlings and transplanted them. I also bought a cabbage seedling. That's been a while, and the plant looks great.


So far everything in the garden is organically grown. I am not morally opposed to using inorganic fertilizers, if needed. Nitrogen is nitrogen, as far as the plant is concerned. But the soil is healthier if it contains enough organic matter. And the right proportions of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus can supply all the nutrients necessary for growth.