The weather has finally started heating up giving the plants lots of sunshine and warmth. I have to water the plants much more often as well to prevent them dying.
We've had more than twice the amount of strawberries than last year but they are much smaller as well. The slugs have also been snacking on them. I'll soon have to find a more efficient way of dealing with them other than beer traps and the daily hunt, since they seem to be multiplying.
The peas were doing well and we had some good sized pods filled with peas which we roasted in their shells but the plants were drying from the bottom, a sign of root fungus I think, so I dug them out and sowed more, but the same thing is happening to the new ones. I will need to find ones that are disease resistant next year.
Finally got the garlic after months of being in the ground. I don't know if I have the patience to grow garlic again! They could have stayed in for a few weeks longer but I couldn't wait.
Since tomatoes did pretty well last year, we are planting lots more and experimenting with some bigger heirloom varieties as well. We have squeezed them into pots, maybe a little too much but the fittest are producing well.
The first of the asparagus pea that we picked from seeds by vegseeds.net. Tasted nice cooked with butter but it did taste mainly of butter!
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