Feeding

This weekend I fed the gardens with fish emulsion. A very little rain fell this morning, just enough to moisten the surface. We haven't had a good rain in weeks.

Brussels and Lettuce

The worms have hit the brussels sprouts hard. I didn't even notice until Sunday. The plants in A seem to have got it worse, maybe because they are under the tree. On one plant, one of the biggest, I found several worms. Picked off all I saw.
The lettuce I planted actually came up pretty well, with several seedlings in each spot. Now I have the difficult task of thinning them. I thought I might wait a little and see who survives best. Honestly, I don't think I have nearly as many seedlings as I planted seeds, though. So I'm glad I was generous.
I'm getting sugar snaps now, one or two a day. For all the plants I started, only the biggest are producing. If they all were, I would have lots, handfuls!

April

I wrote a big post yesterday, and then it didn't publish. So I will try again. I fed the garden with fish emulsion on Sunday. The collards in B were quite buggy, so I pulled them. There are a couple of huge ones in A I am keeping for now, as the greens have been so good. Ann gave me 4 tomato plants. I planted the 2 cherry tomatoes in B and the 2 Merced in A. I probably should mix them, in case one bed is better...oh well. I planted them between the sugar snap peas at the back and the brussel sprouts, planning and hoping that the cool weather crops would be done before the tomatoes get big. Last night I pulled out another broccoli plant and planted lettuce in 2 1/2 square feet (4 to a sq. ft.). Because I had so few lettuce even come up last year, I planted a pinch of seeds in each spot, trying to get different kinds of seed.