Welcome to my Harvest Monday post. Green continues to be the theme of what I harvest.
Here's the last of the spinach. It has been a prolific producer especially the planting from the fall. I think I will plant more in the fall so I'll have an even bigger harvest in spring 2012. The spring planting didn't grow as well and it was the same variety, too.
Here's the last of the spinach. It has been a prolific producer especially the planting from the fall. I think I will plant more in the fall so I'll have an even bigger harvest in spring 2012. The spring planting didn't grow as well and it was the same variety, too.
Saturday I planted 3 cubanelle, and 3 new ace peppers and 3 eggplants in what was the lettuce and spinach bed. To do it I pulled the straggling spring planted spinach and transplanted the baby leaf lettuce. Wilderness at Growing and Cooking suggested I spray the leaves with a mix of 1 T. epsom salts to 1 gal. of water which I did. She said the peppers would green up and I'd save the flowers.
Interesting on the spray for your peppers; I will have to remember that one. Ours need help from time to time around our area!
ReplyDeleteAll that spinach looks great. So do all the blossoms on the summer veggies.
ReplyDeleteAww. Aren't itty bitty peppers just the cutest things? Your spinach looks great, too.
ReplyDeleteI find the fall planted spinach is more productive too. I want to plant a lot more next fall as it ends up being one of the earliest greens.
ReplyDeleteOh You are weeks ahead of us. We just planted yesterday. Kentucky has had soooo much rain it's unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your goodies!
Oh You are weeks ahead of us. We just planted yesterday. Kentucky has had soooo much rain it's unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your goodies!
Marcia things are sure looking good. I actually put epsom salts in the whole when I plant peppers and tomatoes. They need the magnesium. Spraying them is an old greenhouse trick when the weather was against anything being green like this year but also beneficial.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you're still getting spinach! Mine went to see long ago. Enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteI have spinach envy!
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