Yeah, a bit like that, ain't it? But, we had a really nice start until that super frost we had a couple of months ago. It wiped out everything we had done, so had to push the restart button. The hard freeze even froze most of the fig bushes around here. We've got some broccoli nearly ready, and have already had one big pot of Zuppa Toscano from the kale. The missus makes that stuff as good as Olive Garden does, maybe even better.
The tomatoes are all bearing, but only one little fella getting close to ripe at the moment. Not sure we have any large tomatoes in the bunch because the missus prefers the little ones. I like a nice cold sliced tomato with nothing but a little salt for lunch on a hot summer day. Can't do too many because of psoriasis reacting to the acids, though.
Ain't having ANY luck with peas or beans. They just don't seem to be germinating. Maybe the ground just isn't warm enough yet. We've planted again, so just have to hurry up and wait (again). Put the cucumbers in next to the make-shift trellis. Stole a few volunteer potato plants from the compost heap to replace the ones that didn't make it. All but one going now. Already turned the heap, so no more slips to steal.
Same sit with the radishes and turnips. Just won't germinate this year. I gotta funny feeling we may have some hinky stuff going on with seeds. We don't have much garden, so typically one packet of seeds should last us at least a couple years. Starting to wonder if the big seed companies are 'spiking' the seeds with growth inhibitor that's activated after the seeds get older than 1 year. Sure would sell more seeds, wouldn't it?
