Gardening Update of the Season #1

Although I started this season’s gardening back in March, it is only now that I am posting an update and photos. The past few months have passed by at such a speed that I have lost track of time. It has been a swirl of events that have included a lot of work travel, in between which I have been cultivating and planting in both my home garden and community garden plot. I think that it is gardening that allows me to reset myself after my traveling and relax amidst an intense work schedule. I am very thankful to my family, Patrick and Calvin, who have kept the garden going when I am away and who are my dedicated helpers when we work the garden when I am home.

So here is my gardening round up in photos:

: March 11: Community Garden Plot Bare

: March 15: Seedlings started indoors

: March 24: Calvin and border bricks for the community garden plot

: April 6: Setting up the borders in the community garden plot

: April 7: Calvin and Anne filling up the cistern at the community garden

: April 15: Following the big after winter clean up of the backyard patio

: April 15: Getting the pots ready on the patio

: April 15: Pulling out the pots from the cold frame and getting them set up

: April 15: Herbs that over wintered in the cold frame plus the lettuce and cilantro planted

: April 15: Tomato and pepper seedlings inside. Protected by Hagrid the cat by placing the pots in a cage.

: April 15: Pepper seedlings started by seed inside in March.

: May 31: Community Garden Plot

: June 3: Patio pots with squash and bush cucumbers

: June 3: Patio pots with Patty Pan squash, yellow squash and bush cucumbers

: June 3: Calvin and me in the Community Garden Plot

: June 3: Banana Peppers in Community Garden Plot

: June 3: Patrick and Calvin in Community Garden Plot

: June 7: Salt and Pepper Cucumbers in Community Garden Plot

: June 7: Banana Peppers in Community Garden Plot

: June 7: Dragon Tongue Beans

: May 5: Radiccio that had survived the winter. Home garden.

: May 5: Planted lettuce and cilantro

: April 6: Harvesting chard that had survived the winter in the community garden plot

: April 20: First planting in the community garden plot: a few tomatoes and peppers, taking a big chance planting them early… Plus the parsley an thyme that had over wintered and doing just fine.