Planting Kale and Cabbages
May 13th, 2009 Posted in Chris and Lise, Garden Blogs | Comments Off
We went over to the Community Garden today to take advantage of the weather and plant some seeds and starts. I had on my calendar to plant cabbage, kale and arugula around this time, and since there’s rain in the forecast, it seemed perfect.
We got our starts out at Walkers over the weekend – 6 cabbages, 6 parsley and a thyme plant. I also had a bunch of kale seeds left over from last year, a Russian Red as I recall, and some more of that wild arugula.
Once out at the garden, we realized that there was a lot to access. Although at first glance, most plants seemed small, there was more action than we expected. We have a full bed of peas, with seedlings around 4 inches high on average. The lettuces, which seemed non-existent, are just small. I planted more red romaine to supplement.
On the more robust side, the spicy mesclun are doing great (planted more of them too) and the radishes getting appreciably bigger. In between, there’s a nice carrot crop coming up, a lot more than I expected. We’ll still have to replant a few patches but overall it’s looking good.
Chris did a lot of work on the B&J plot north of us and it’s all over but the sifting for grass roots. The turf is out. This is great timing because we want to plant it in two weeks. I guess we’ll be out there this weekend, weeding and prepping.
A final word on our herb bed which has been going for several years. Although the echinacea are not as vigorous as I’d like, the chives are huge, and it looks like the lavender and sage are growing in really well after having been cut back almost to the ground last fall. The thyme plant, which is small but tall, will keep them company. Meanwhile, the chamomile Nancy gave us is starting to look comfortable — I hope it does well. It makes the sweetest tea.
