Garden roundup for May

During May, the only thing we harvested was some rhubarb.  We picked it three times over the month.  Most of what we picked ended up in a couple batches of rhubarb bread, but my mom also froze a couple bags. 

In May, I also planted: carrots, corn, peas, kidney beans, and some potatoes.  I had started some seeds indoors, but the only thing that came up was a cantaloupe.  I planted it, but I don’t know if a slug got it or what.  None of the other cantaloupe, watermelon, zucchini, or cucumbers came up.  Some of these are old seeds, but the other stuff shouldn’t be.  One possibility, is that it has been a cold, wet spring, but it has finally warmed up.  I’ll check a few days after this is posted, and if nothing else I’ll plant a bunch more.  Of course, I’ve already planted seven or eight zucchini seeds, and if I plant seven or eight more, they’ll all come up and we’ll be drowned in zucchini even more than we usually are.  We also bought some tomato plants, as well as some peppers and broccoli, which I’ve also planted.  Besides the zucchini and stuff, all that I have left is some more potatoes.  I’ve just had too many things going on to plant them.  But there should be a few good days next week I can finish up planting everything.

The one problem I have so far – other than stuff not coming up – is the slugs chewing up my green beans.  We set out some beer traps last year, and we had some leftover beer, but it rained like every other day.  We used some extra plastic tubs you get sandwich meat in, and just the other day I realized they come with lids.  So I’ve cut some holes on the sides for the slugs to get in to the beer that won’t be watered down now.

I guess the only other news is our chickens are growing.  Which is great, except we still have to get the coop fixed up, and they’ve almost outgrown what we have them in.  But, as I’m posting this, we’ve finally gotten around to fix it up.  There were unexpected things with the coop, as well as some personal drama that held things up.  But the roundup for June should have news about the coop, as well as more harvests.  I did pick some leaf lettuce the other day, but it ended up on some cheeseburgers before I thought to take a photo of it.  Also, our red currants are starting to turn, so I might be picking them in a few weeks.  Hopefully, there will be other good news.