The planting and weeding season continues on as warm weather is coming in on a daily basis. Overnight temperatures are still down in the low60’s, high 50’s, but most days are coming in at the mid 70’s, topping out in the low 80’s on some days.
I have now harvested 10 strawberries, medium sized and they are delicious. I don’t expect a big crop this year, as these are all transplants and I need to take extra care in fertilizing each of the rows. I am picking the berries a bit on the early side, beating the birds, yet, the taste of the berries is excellent.
I covered the blueberries with netting as well, not looking very professional, but they are covered and the “blues” should be protected. I also covered the broccoli and collard plants and that has held off the cabbage worms to only one in the last three days.
Meanwhile, the Colorado beetle has not shown itself over in the potato plot, as they are all growing very well. I did drop fertilizer down for the potatoes and did the first hilling, so they are looking very good.
I planted blue lake bush beans (two rows) and some celery seedlings near the cucumbers.
I still have one more section to till and prep for peppers to go in, as they are starting to flower in their grow pots. Finally, I still have more tomatoes to plant, in particular I want to get the Ponderosa and Santa Rosa tomatoes into the ground. I can do that now as I finish up the irrigation pic piping for the three rows of tomatoes.
Grass cutting is now a twice weekly event, as I did the front lawn using the Honda self-propelled unit. I am showing my age, as I was pretty exhausted after doing the 5000 sq feet section. I had to take a nap right afterwards. Later this evening I used the Deere riding mower to do the side and back, finishing up mowing until we come back from our trip to Massachusetts.
The Deere has some kind of clanking noise every once in a while, so I am going to have to see about getting that fixed. I don’t want to damage the mower, so I need to get on that ASAP.