urban kitchen garden design & guidance
1. Spinach was bolting – I cut it back and used it in an Indian lentil dish.
2. First sowing of cilantro bolted and I pulled it out.
3. California poppy is blooming.
4. Arugula is flowering – I must pull it out soon.
5. I pulled out the bolting red mustard and sowed basil around the bed edge instead.
6. The borage is blooming, encouraging lots of bees!
Borage blooms a luminous blue.
The big change is the bamboo supports for the tomatoes, tomatillos, and lemon cucumber.
As you can see, we're tweaking the garden. I didn't want to unveil the new design until everything was perfect but I thought you might like to see what I'm ranting about.
I woke up to this mess this morning!!
Okay, I know, I should have expected this…and I kind of did. When I sowed my arugula, mesclun, mustard, raab, spinach, peas, beets, carrots, and radishes this and last week, I knew I was taking their life in my hands (literally). But hey, I’m a gardener aka an optimistic fool. It is in my nature to rush the spring, to turn my face to the sun, to stroke the earth…to BELIEVE. And if this is the worst that can happen…well, that’s not going to stop this hardcore optimist.