After being away from my garden for about a month I was somewhat stunned at how quickly I was able to restore it from the scruffy, overgrown, weed infested state it was in when I returned. More extensive pics of the 2 day transformation will probably appear in my Journal, but I'll leave some pics here too.
Can you call it "weeding" when the weeds are actually TOMATOES? Not sure why I even bothered to start tomatoes from seed this year.
The end result after a few hours of weeding/"tomatoeing. There were many hours, and wheelbarrow loads, to go.
How about some actual crop pics?
Lettuce and spinach, living in perfect harmony. (except some of the spinach has been slightly nibbled upon by some unknown pest)
Beautiful kale (and collards). I barely resisted harvesting some of this.
Peas climbing on up the trellis...up about 4 feet now. On track to be munching on peas right off the vine in early June.
The native blackberry (trailing) variety is already blossoming....as opposed to the invasive (and much more prolific) Himalayan species, which forms a half crescent ring around my garden perimeter.
I was thinking this morning that perhaps even more important than maximizing productivity (I've resisted adding more beds in the last few years) in my garden is my goal to maximize it's BEAUTY. Nature herself is the driving force here, but I certainly feel I can provide her a helping hand in this regard. It's just become a magical place to let hours and days unfold in.