The garden family that is. These are 4 of the 6 new boxes that we or should I say Ivan has added for me. He builds them and fills them with the top soil and then I plant the seeds and weed and care for it. =)
The two front one s are deeper. I wanted the one on the right for carrots and they need a deep bed to grow for the length so this is it. I put corn on the right since I want to be sure actually get some to harvest.
Our corn is coming along exceptionally well. Last year at the point it was purple and stunted and very sad looking. We found out it was a phosphorus problem and added ash from the wood stove to help out with this. So far it seems to be doing ok. We will see as the season progresses. The picture below is the corn from 10 days ago so you can see the difference.
It has gotten very full as you can see. Now to hope it grows tall and actually gets corn. That would be nice!
And my herbs pots are coming along very nicely as well. We made sure everything had lots of fertilizer because I think last year we did not have enough. I have even been able to start using these in my cooking.
We have been very lucky for an exceptional spring this year, warm and mild, with only a bit of rain and not to many tornadoes. I am really hoping for a mild summer so the garden does not bake. We'll see =)
Enjoy your week!
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