Garden Update

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We haven’t posted about the garden in a while, but it’s coming along nicely. The outside beds have grown up quite a bit, and are looking good.

The trees have lots of leaves on them again, and we have finally gotten the pests under control with a combination of Hot Pepper Spray and Safer Soap.

I noticed that the plants in the greenhouse aren’t doing as well. The lettuces are pale, and have stopped growing. So I pulled the shade cloth off this morning. We have a couple massive trees that are cloaking the greenhouse now, and it doesn’t get as much sun as I thought it would in this location. We need to trim them back, but that’s complicated by overhead electrical lines. Here is the greenhouse without it.

Other things in the greenhouse, like the strawberries, bananas, and chives are thriving.

As are the grapes. They’re getting ready for transplant soon.

A closer view of the grapes – is this a really small bunch of grapes?

Some of the lettuces are doing well, and fortunately, everything is still alive. Hopefully the extra sunlight will help.