It’s been a rainy week here in Vermont. Rain is good for the garden so I don’t really mind. Plus it gives me a chance to get caught up on those inside chores that I’ve been neglecting! In the meantime I thought you might like to see an update of my early June garden.
The seeds planted are sprouting along with the weeds! My garlic patch is very robust.
Remember my new garden bed? It hardly looks like a new garden now!
My poor peppers are doing well but not enjoying this cool week.
Happy to see flowers on the tomatoes.
The first strawberry was also spotted, I’ll be able to enjoy fresh strawberries very soon!
I also want to share an experiment I’m trying this year – growing potatoes in buckets. After checking out numerous videos on YouTube I thought I’d give it a try. We have a bunch of white five gallon buckets that I usually use for covering plants during an early spring frost. I figured I could still use the buckets in the spring even with holes drilled in the bottoms.
First we drilled holes in the bottoms of the buckets.
I then placed a few inches of dirt in the bottom of each bucket.
On top of the dirt I then placed three pieces of potato. These pieces of potato had been cut the day before so the cut sides could heal. This way they are less apt to attract disease organisms.
I then sprinkled another few inches of dirt on top of the potatoes. As the potatoes start growing I will continue to cover them with more dirt. Eventually when the potatoes are ready to harvest I will just dump the dirt out of the buckets and harvest the potatoes. At least that’s how it is supposed to work in theory! I will let you follow along with this experiment.
After a week of rain I am still waiting to see signs of growth!
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