Garden 2026

 

Spring Seedlings 

The cold, snowy winter of 26 is finally over, a long cold icy winter.  (Although snow may fall tonight, the next day is forcasted to be warm and will melt any snow or ice quickly)  We enjoyed 70F temperatures on the last day of February, and got into the greenhouse to plant seeds.  These are lettuce, spinach and bok choy seeds.  These seeds were for the Fall 25 Fall garden, but we had such a drought we did not plant a fall garden.  We usually do sow them in the fall as they grow much better than spring.  

The Red Wing Blackbirds have returned to the pond.  We had a hillbilly fire in the evening to view the planet alignment.  But all we saw, due to clouds, was Moon, Jupiter and Saturn.  Moon put on quite a show with the largest halo I ever saw, but it doesn't really show in photo.

Red Wing Blackbirds

Pond at Sunset

Hillbilly Fire

Fire Cat

Moon with Halo

 

Okra

We got 2.3 inches and then another 2.9 inches of rain, and the okra started blooming again.  We found some bell peppers too!!!  

Harvest

 

This is it for 2025, we had another El Nina drought

Our harvest was so poor I decided to post photos from previous years.

Pickles and Tomatoes

 Pickles

Tomatoes

 

Green Tomato Relish

 The tomatoes are developing bruises (probably a fungus) when they turn red.  So I picked the green tomatoes and green peppers and made a relish.  

 

 

 

Second Picking of Green Beans and Cucumbers

And here comes Okra!  The Paddy Pan was good, although summer quash not producing much.  

First Picking

Picked a basket of greens beans and a bowl of cucumbers, and plenty of rain for a second picking.