Succession Planting 101:
At Leapfrog, the garden is constantly evolving. Planting crops in succession is a efficient way to maximize production in a small space. Right now, we're preparing for late summer's harvest. Each crop has a different growing cycle, affected by changes in temperature and rainfall, of course. Our crazy heat wave last week (it's been in the 60s and cloudy all this week, go figure) made everything go gangbusters. I think the corn grew 3 feet in one afternoon...
Salad greens have a pretty short life-span anyway, and in the 4 weeks (!) that I've been here, we've planted them several times. A photo-montage of the planting stages:
A bed for the next crop, post-Walla Walla onions. We'll add some poop, lime, blood meal and bone meal to the soil before tilling and planting tomorrow am.
Babies! That's drip irrigation tape (T-tape), by the way. Save that water!
3-week old Swiss Chard. We'll harvest in early September unless we get another heat blast. Then, all bets are off.
Salad greens (mustards and asian greens) gone to bolt. We're picking a bit still, but they're getting pretty bitter. Notice the Camper w/ its new sun shade in the distance...
Raspberries are almost finished, too, but there's a few left for my breakfast... or for pies!
The pile of Walla Walla's drying in the greenhouse. They'll keep all winter if we dry them now.
Tomatoes are in, as are the Romano beans (delicious!)... a pretty late harvest for both these guys this year.
Sara participated in an "Open Mic" night at a local community center last Saturday, singing and playing piano in a style she calls smoky folk. She's got a lovely voice and is very talented... She'll strike out on her solo career when she gets back to Portland, or else!
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