All of May we have been busy making the garden beds and getting as much planted as possible. It's difficult working so much without getting to harvest anything, so we want to get things growing as quick as possible.
We got the tomato plants all in. Plus rows and rows of potatoes. In order to help conserve moisture and keep the weeds down, we spread mulch over everything that we could. We know that some of the grass will regrow, but if we can keep in to a minimum with mulch, it will be tolerable.
Now that we have a number off garden beds made and the white pipe laid down, it's starting to look like a real garden. We're now concentrating on sowing radishes, daikon, and turnips. They mature rapidly. Being able to get some food for our efforts will be rewarding.
The young taro we planted in early May is growing remarkably fast. Boy, it feels good to see that.
And the young potato plants are all sprouting.
Doug and Laurie are our main diggers and rock removers. Just using shovels they are able to remove most of the rocks. When Doug finds a big one he gets real determined to remove it. And believe me, he's got some giant ones out of the garden! We are also using a mattock for rock removal. It's one if my own personal favorite digging tools. I'm using a mattock in the new gardens I'm creating for myself.
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