My tomatillos got frozen before they ripened last year. DS smashed them all. Over. The. garden. I thought, "they were young, the seeds can't be viable". Oh how wrong I was.I left the empty pot alone and more tomatoes sprouted. It's like that because I originally squeezed a couple of F2 cherry tomatoes in the pot.
I'm going to have a ton of tomatillos this year. What's interesting is how much more impressive the volunteer plants are compared to my indoor started ones. Stalks are double the thickness, at least. I can hit them with the hose stream and they don't even budge.
My plot of beets appears to be a bust. Only two came up out of the 18+ I planted. 3 seeds per hole. I've never had an issue with beets. Must have been that cold snap we had I guess.
Carrots are looking like carrots now. I pulled one and ate it while I harvested snap peas yesterday. Looks like my garlic will be ready in a few more weeks. The last few onions I have finally bolted so I'll pull them this week. I need to get more bush beans in the ground.
On Sunday I spread mulch on all of my raised beds except the one with the peas and kale. It got really hot on Sunday, really fast. I had to call it quits at about 11am. 92 degrees and the sun was beating. My summer squash and tomatoes protested. Even I agreed with them though. I wilted and hid inside.
My dill and cilantro are flowering finally. I'll be glad when I can pull them out and collect the seeds again. They are taking up prime basil areas. Soon I'll scatter basil seeds everywhere and see where it wants to grow this year. I have basil I started in pots but there's no such thing as too much basil.
Purslane is finally trying to take over. I've been pulling it every day and I'm still nowhere close to having it all removed. There's so many...
Happy Tuesday everyone!