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| May 1st |
The beds of bright green are Poached Egg Plant with the very first flowers opening.
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| May 1st |
Forget-me-nots growing in the runner bean-to-be bed. The honey bees and bumble bees all enjoyed the Forget-me-nots and they make good ground cover.
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| May 9th |
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| May 9th |
Swiss Chard has been planted in the garlic bed. with Crimson clover seed planted along the edges.
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| May 12th |
The yellow flowers are kale plants in flower. They grew to about 6 foot tall or more.
I grew 3 varieties
last year, a red Russian, a curly Irish and Cavolo nero Italian kale, about 6 plants of each.
The Italian flowered first, they are 3 shades of yellow and the honey
bees are on the Russian the most, bumbles more on the others.
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| May 21st |
Crimson clover and poached egg plant are growing among the potatoes and peas. Or perhaps I should say, the potatoes and peas are growing among the Crimson clover and Poached Egg plant!
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| May 21st |
Looking down the path in the vegetable garden.
Some of the Poached Egg Plant is cleared for sweet corn and squash.
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| May 25th |
Early potatoes, Poached Egg Plant and Purple Sprouting Broccoli in flower for the bees.
We have had no significant frosts this spring. This year I did not have to cover the Early Potatoes (seen here in the foreground) as I usually do.
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The vegetable garden is filled with the buzz and hum of bees, but the Poached Egg Plant is the greatest honey bee magnet of all.
In a few weeks I will need to clear gaps in this bed to plant Cauliflowers. |
