May is here again at last and we were sooooo looking forward to it. Things don't grown all the well in the garden during March and April. So we were all happy to see May arrive.
We have some fresh seed ready that we grew on the seed farm in Mark Twain. It's called Purple Teepee, a purple stringbean. We grew it last year and it was much liked. So we are glad to give it another go around.
Some of the plants are getting rather mature and not producing all that well anymore. So out goes some of the old eggplants, broccoli, chard, and leaf cabbage. We're almost ready to ditch some of the old pepper plants too.
We are still planting onion plants and potatoes. Plus reseeding bok choy, kale, carrots, beets, and radishes. Diane started a whole bench of assorted seeds in the greenhouse so that in a couple of weeks we will have a nice selection of plants to choose from for the garden rows.
The strawberry plants have been producing but the birds and slugs are getting almost all the berries. So we need to make a change. Since we are busy replanting the empty garden rows, the strawberry project will have to wait a bit.
This week we got the new tilapia pond set into place and the rock wall built around it. We made it out of an old spa tub that was donated to us by one of the volunteers. Thanks Missy and Jeff! In the next couple of weeks we will get all the holes plugged then fill the tub up. Everyone is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the baby fish.
Lunch:
A stew like concoction of local beef, our carrots, tomatoes, onions, beans and herbs. Served over rolls or rice. A vegan stew made from assorted garden veggies picked from the garden served over brown rice rice. Fried sweet potatoes.
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