Good afternoon gardeners. Only slim pickings in the garden now. I pulled all the carrots. The one row planted in the small bed with the kale was great. I got 15 useable carrots from that. The big bed where the peas were planted only produced 1 carrot. I think I mentioned I pulled all the shallots and they did well. My cucumber plants are doing well and actually have a blossom on one. I’ve counted 36 ears of corn developing and the pole beans planted with them are starting to bloom. I bought a red delicious apple tree and planted it between my Empire and Gala trees. Hopefully it will blossom this Spring and serve as a pollen source. Bad news is repairs to my existing coop are too extensive so I bought a small shed and will turn that into a new coop on the other side of my house. I’m putting a few privacy fence panels up to shield them from some of my more annoying neighbors. Their yard will be smaller but when the garden is done I can let them in the big garden to forage. I’m seriously considering putting up a small poly tunnel in the old chicken yard at the end of this coming Winter. Lots of sun. It’s over my septic field so everything will have to be in containers.
Thankfully everyone else talks him out of such nonsense. I did have to have him shoot a sick coon (distemper) and a skunk trying to get my chickens earlier this summer.
