Here it is the end of April and I thought I better get an update put up.   Well with all the rain its a shock that everything didn’t float away.

The Asparagus bed is looking good, I can’t get a picture yet, it all blends into the green grass of the pasture at this point, but soon my faithful minions …soon!

Onion plants

The onions are looking good, they are shooting right up, no bulbs showing yet. Also have some Garlic right behind these.  The garlic is moving right along too, i know i need to get in there a weed. I mulched everything in these beds with some pine needles from the front yard.  Needs another layer before the real heat shows up… it wont be long.

Onions and Garlic

Here is the Garlic photo, I used construction fencing to keep the chickens out, works real good.

You cam also see the spinach in this photo, we have already harvested some spinach from this bed, It was delish!

Horseradish and Potato

This is a Horseradish plant, actually two, the other one is way smaller and is closer to the near side of the planter. On the left side is a purple potato that I planted in there just to see what it would do, guess we see.

Wow , I can’t tell you how much rain we have had in the last two days! It started Friday afternoon , It came down for a couple hours and cleared off. Then Saturday it really came on strong. It was nice up till 10:30 or so, it started with a lite drizzle, and only got worse from there. It rained for hours and hours, then around 6:00pm it fizzled out. We need the rain , just not all at once!

On another note, the potatoes we set last week started to sprout up, also the cucumbers are peeking out too. So all in all not a bad week!

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The old saying in Texas is “If you don’t like the weather, wait 10 minutes, it will change.” Aint it the truth! Last week temps were reaching the 80′s, Seedlings were put out , sweet potato slips planted, fig trees were putting out strong buds, even some small figs showing. Then whammo!!
monday morning brings near freezing temps at my house, cold enough to burn all that tender new growth, figs ..brown and crispy, sweet ‘taters shriveled, pepper seedlings…layed over like newly felled timber. Oh the pain!
Oh well, if its not the cold , its the summer blistering heat…what ya gonna do? Guess i’ll just replant!

On a bright note, The spinach, onions, garlic, horseradish and asperagus were unharmed ! lol