We had beautiful weather over the weekend preceeded by a week of cold and rain. I spent almost the entire weekend in the garden re-seeding, weeding, and fencing the plots already established. Here's a crop update.
The snap peas were almost a total loss to the bunnies, but I filled in the eaten spots with some "shelling peas" seeds that Christine had. We'll have a nice little mix of peas in those two rows.
Did the same re-seeding in the spinach row and added an entire extra row right next to it.
The carrots, beets, and radishes are just coming up so they weren't as tantalizing to the bunnies as the fully leafed plants were. Saved.
I thinned the radishes and plan to plant tall things (kale, broccoli, chard) in their place when the radishes are harvested in a few weeks.
Onions look good.
Mesclun is just coming up.
Flat leaf parsley and basil look like total losses (too cold), but I'm going to wait and see if the warm temperatures this week roust them.
Planted 3 rosemary plants on the ends, in between rows and added mulch in between rows. This was actually Emmy's accomplishment for the day. That boy is a work horse. His persistence boggles my mind.
We covered all beds with black, butterfly netting and tacked it down with fabric stakes. Hopefully this will work until the plants are more established. If it doesn't we'll invest in a more expensive alternative. I fear our first all out attempt to grow our vegetables from seed may be impeded by the reality of the city - rodents. We shall see.
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