Garden Update!

Baby zucchini, I'll probably eat this soon enough though, overgrown zukes are the worst. 

The whole garden, going to dig some early potatoes to eat with dinner, we've managed to resist so far.  The plants are just starting to fizzle out now. 

The garden from a different angle, corn was planted in stages since the birds kept stealing the seeds. 

Corn with cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts and kale planted under the row cover to the left, beets under the row cover to the right. 

Carrots and onions to the left 

Tomatoes, carrots and onions needing a going over with the hoe between their rows. 

Ground cherry plants to the right just starting to take off, even though they're already producing tons of ground cherries. 

The squash corner. We grow lots of pumpkins and squash since they store really well into the winter months. 

Baby cukes. 

Bush beans, celeriac, celery and corn again, potatoes to the right. 

The squash corner again with sunflowers planted in behind for them to crawl up. 

Our second garden bed with pole beans and potatoes. We're trying this method of growing potatoes this year where instead of hilling dirt up over the base of the plants you cover them with straw. Supposed to work really well and deliver nice and clean potatoes. 

Squash corner again. You can see the zukes were the only plants infected with that bacterial wilt. I kept it in check very easily with a spray solution of baking soda, water and dish soap. Never got any worse than this or spread to the melons, squashes or cukes which it will also infect. 

Again the corn, I find it hilarious how not one seems to be the same height. I re-planted it so many times due to the thieves stealing the seeds. 

Big, bad artichoke plant. You can grow artichokes in NS that will produce in the same season, they just need to be tricked into thinking they went through a winter season by putting them out for a spell of cool, spring night weather. 

Melons, pokey in comparison to the cukes, zukes and squashes. Hoping for at least as good production as last year!