There’s this old saying, “make hay while the sun shines,” but what’s an impatient gardener to do when it’s been raining cats and dogs? Every day! For 6 long weeks?
I took the polar opposite approach, starting a full-on veggie garden, by seed, during the soggy month of May.
With those little darlings screaming for more wiggle room, I devoted the whole, blissful weekend to happily transplanting enough vegetables to feed an army, come harvest.
That is.. IF they survive. Given our bee-zarre weather patterns, it might too early to be throwing my precious little seedlings to the wolves.
Mother Nature probably has one more trick up her sleeve. But, I couldn’t wait a moment longer.
I not only want it to be summer. I need it to be summer! It’s just downright nutty that I should have my furnace running in June!
So, let's say a prayer. Light a candle. And, cross our fingers that this glorious weather will hold.
* Veggie seedlings don't make the most interesting pictures so here's some of the pink pretties gracing the garden today. This is what I squished into the raised beds:
Golden Beets - Chioggia Beets
- Romanesque Cauliflower
- Walla Walla Sweet Onions
- Radicchio Rosso
- Sadie’s Horse Beans
- Pinto Beans
- Luca and Fariolo Italian Beans
- Scarlet Nantes and Parisian Carrots