Garden Catchup - April and May 2016

I went away on a trip for two weeks.  I had left the garden covered in fabric.  I was hoping that it would protect the plants.  

I covered everything before I went on this early Spring trip. 

11 April 2016 - Just back from my trip and uncovered the beds.
Garlic in the foreground with some romaine seedlings.
Peas in the background.  Carrots, chard and kale in the upper left.  

Carrots and curly kale picked on April 11, 2016. 

Chard picked 11 April 2016.

3 May 2016 - the peas are doing well.
The quail are back to their tricks of digging holes in the nice soft garden soil!.

5 May 2016 - Planting white onion sets.  

Garden Catch Up  (March 2016)

March 8, 2016 - I put Cascadia Peas in a small bowl of water
to soak overnight before planting.
They were planted March 10.

March 12, 2016 - Now that the days are getting longer,
chard and kale are growing fast

March 12, 2016 - Another view of the curly kale.  

March 12, 2016 - Here are the carrots. Also, there is a row a peas
that I planted in September 2015, and they are starting to bloom!

March 12, 2016 - Closeup of the peas blooming.

March 22, 2016 - Lettuce harvest

March 22, 2016 - Kale harvest!

March 22, 2016 - Bigger baby carrots!

March 23, 2016 - Planning what to plant next!

A diagram of one of the beds I planted March 24, 2016.

That was all the pictures for March 2016.  

Garden Catch-up  (February 2016)

I took quite a few pictures of the garden this year.  I just did not get them posted!  I was able to harvest broccoli about once a month during the winter, until January 23rd.  I was able to harvest baby lettuce, kale and chard about twice a month all winter and into the spring.  Here are some February pictures. 

February 7, 2016 - The low tunnel.
The high temperature for the day was 38 degrees.
The overnight low was 22 degrees. 

Frost would form on the outside of the tunnel fabric.

February 7, 2016 - On sunny days, I would take the cover off
and harvest some baby lettuce, chard and kale.  

February 7, 2016 - Baby lettuce.
These were direct seeded in late September.

In late February, the carrots I had planted in September were growing well under the tunnel cover.  The lettuce, chard and kale were continuing to grow and I was continuing to harvest it every few weeks.  

February 23, 2016 - It was a sunny day!  The carrots are growing well.
The high this day was 50 degrees.
The overnight low was 24 degrees.
  

February 23, 2016 - Chard and kale, with lettuce in-between the rows.

February 23, 2016 - Lettuce is growing well!

February 23, 2016 - Thinned the carrots!
Got to have baby carrots for dinner!

That was the end of February.  On to March......