Well, I have no silver bells or cockle shells, but I do have ladybugs. They are good luck, especially in the garden. Ladybugs are a beneficial insect because they eat other insects. It was nice seeing this guy in the garden this morning.
The garden really is growing well. I'm a little surprised by this. I'd expected there to be some plants that just didn't do well. Not the case. Even the celeriac, which initially did not germinate, is growing now. Still slow-growing, but it is growing.
Here's a shot of the other end of the garden. Burgundy garden beans are in the right foreground.
Squash, started from seed directly in the garden, are already huge. They will be throwing out blooms in a week or so. Their leaves are the size of dinner plates.
Yesterday I set my homemade cucumber cages over the plants. I made these cages last year, and stored them in the greenhouse over the winter. It's a stick with plastic fencing attached to make a tube. There are two varieties here, lemon cucumbers and "Straight 8" cukes.
Eggplant that I transplanted from the greenhouse this past weekend have flower buds on them already.
There are lots of fruit on the tomato plants, and even more flowers. I'm stoked about these tomatoes. Waiting for them to ripen is going to be tough.
These fruit are huge! You can see the beginnings of unique coloring on them as well. These look like Cherokee Purples to me.
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