garden report

Ye gods, starphire and I are doing a lot this year. And enjoying a good bit of the work of previous years. Of note thus far:

- a lovely succession of crocuses, irises, daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths now gone by
- strawberries covered with blossoms
- 53 garlic plants, about a foot high
- so many little lettuces, mustard greens, and bok choi that the last thinning provided a small side salad
- peas 6" and trellised
- fava beans a foot tall
- kohlrabi, purple potatoes, and shallots taking off
- something like a hundred raspberry canes up
- leeks and some of the tomatoes recently transplanted
- blueberries, lilacs, and hydrangeas all happily sprouting leaves in the front yard
- wax beans, beets, and spinach not yet doing much
- many trays of cumin, basil peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, broccoli, and tomatoes seedlings yet to plant, plus many more seeds
- two vanloads of compost lugged from Saugus, one more to go
- diseased plum tree transformed into gigantic hole and nearby mound of dirt (endlessly attractive to small people), on the way to being two more raised beds
- diseased cherry tree discovered to be dead, RIP poor beleaguered thing; oh well, more space for raspberries and such next year...