tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527451334239945095.post6866544452007391936..comments2023-12-02T14:25:25.697-06:00Comments on The Meandering Muse: A Strange Garden Year Indeedrayfamilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738836663001170089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527451334239945095.post-85508850782388419822013-07-19T07:19:30.931-05:002013-07-19T07:19:30.931-05:00I am so jealous of your strawberries, the deer rea...I am so jealous of your strawberries, the deer really stunted ours this year, we only got a few. It looks like we will have a great crop of the raspberries/blackberries/boysenberries, though. It is a weird season, we had stuff that just didn't come up too. Out of 6 rows, we had about 10 parsnips come up, yet randomly now a few will pop up here and there. The same with beets and radishes. <br /><br />I don't think there is any real rhyme or reason. The lesson to take away...mother nature dictates and some years we may have to fly by the seat of our pants and take advantage of the unexpected boons! :)<br /><br />We have lambs quarter, but I have not seen nettles here. I know you use the nettles in lots of stuff...what do you do with the lambs quarter?<br /><br />Have a great weekend!rayfamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738836663001170089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527451334239945095.post-43430934903768965922013-07-18T05:25:10.019-05:002013-07-18T05:25:10.019-05:00oops, didn't really mean to compose a whole bl...oops, didn't really mean to compose a whole blog post as a comment there. :-)julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527451334239945095.post-85915870914144074382013-07-18T05:24:41.668-05:002013-07-18T05:24:41.668-05:00our peas look good, but haven't produced a sin...our peas look good, but haven't produced a single pea yet. the winter and summer leeks are going like gangbusters. i've harvested some finger-sized zucchini. the kale is doing well and is unbothered by worms this year (maybe because we planted an onion between every kale plant this time around). the red cabbage plants look good, but i can't really see that they're making heads of red cabbage - we may have to eat the leaves like kale. i dug two hills of new potatoes, but in all honesty, they weren't really quite ready.<br /><br />and the strawberries, it's been a great year for strawberries and last week's sunshine seems to have prolonged the season. it's unbelievable. also with red and black currants - it's a good year for fruit. even our mirabella tree has plums on it again this year after having none last year.<br /><br />i am still puzzled as to what lessons to take away. many of my beans didn't come up at all and i don't know what to make of that. were the seeds just duds (they were brand new) or did i do something wrong? did they sprout and then the cold zapped them? i don't really know and it, as usual, frustrates me, as i don't know what to learn...<br /><br />some of what are fast becoming my garden staples are actually weeds - stinging nettles, white nettles, lambsquarters. i wouldn't want to be without any of those (and luckily, they are in abundance). that's definitely something i want to learn more about.<br /><br />julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.com