Doesn’t that sound exciting?
Here’s a few shots of the place today….
These flags are really pretty… but look at that one weird colored one… it’s like a weird mix of blue and yellow… it’s confused.
Tim finished all my little raised bed fences! They are SO cute and made out of cheap stock that I got for next to nothing. I paid a total of $12 for all the wood. It’s primarily to keep Gypsy from plowing through them when she feels like it and to be honest the kitties are kind of respecting the fences more! I was thinking to add like some chickenwire on the inside and make them bunny proof, and a little stronger, but right now, they are darn cute and effective! I’ll add that to the project list!
My cilantro went to bloom.. is that bad? I’m not a cilantro pro, so I guess I need to look that up and see what gives. Can you eat the top part too? Hmmmmm…..
Sugar Snap Peas are doing GREAT! They are starting to send out little tendrils so I think I need to weave a little twine through the crib fence to get them started. That’s on the project list too for this week.
I haven’t lost a single sunflower!!!! I’m going to have them everywhere! They are doing SO well….
YEAH!! The potatoes are up!!! YEAH!!! I was getting a little worried about them…. but just about the time you start to think something is wrong, up the peek… all three grow bags are sprouting taters! YEAH!!!!
Tim finished up the supports on my cuke frame… can’t wait to dig that in a little better and get my last starts into the ground around it… the idea is that as the cukes vine, you train them to grow over the frame… and it lifts them up and keeps them off the ground and from getting yucky… and it’s kinda cool. I figure it was a great thing for the crib headboard!
And last but not least… my hose finally has a place to call it’s home! Yeah! Thanks Tim!
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Cilantro does tend to bolt to seed, some varieties are more prone to bolting than others, but weather/conditions can affect it as well. If you want to slow the bolt rate, you need to watch the plants carefully & trim of any parts that look like they are going to seed.
Some seed varieties are bred to bolt faster, because the grower wants to collect the dried seed (used as a spice) instead of the green leaves. Don’t know if the spice is used much in the US, it is sold under the name ‘coriander’ or ‘coriander seed’ here in Australia.
I leave some to flower – gives you seed for eating as spice, and seed for saving, or let it self-seed if you have room and want it to – and keep some with the seeding heads nipped out to keep a good supply of leves going. Coriander here too.
MrsL
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