May was a great month for our garden. The rain and the pruning resulted in new and continued growth.
In addition to watching the garden, my children take turns watering the garden twice a day. My daughter had this responsibility during the school week. But with summer, my son wanted his turn as well. No matter who waters, I appreciate the extra help as we watch our garden change.
Strawberries
Since losing strawberries in April, our plants rebounded and are growing again. To deter the birds, I plan to purchase a net within the next week to protect our fruit.
Tomatoes
Our one cherry tomato plant produced 5 tomatoes. We harvested 4 of them while one continues to grow. The other cherry tomato plant has 5 green tomatoes growing. I am looking forward to harvesting those this month.
Cucumbers
Our two plants are beginning to show the prickly buds under the flowers. Growth is slow, but steady.
Onions
Thought I killed the onions. The green stalks had shriveled to brown, so I decided to remove them from the garden. To my surprise, I uprooted 3 perfectly round, white onions.
Realizing that my onions were doing well, I replanted them and continue to water. Though the pictures show the stalks as brown, the onions are alive and well. (Did I mention that I am new to gardening? Guess I should just let them grow. Oops!)
Lettuce
Our bibb lettuce and Romaine took off this month. With lots of pruning and focused watering, the lettuce has grown sturdy and tall. I look forward to watching our spinach take off once the plants sprout.
Though still waiting on the bell peppers, carrots, and spinach to produce, our family watches the growth, waters the squares, and harvests the fruit.
In using time wisely, I find our garden a source of joy and excitement for our entire family. Happy tending!
Question: Did you harvest any items from your garden this month?
still early for harvesting yet, and we don’t have as cool of a garden as you guys, but our peppers are doing great!… and our strawberry (so far our only one) is almost red and ready to pick! hoping we get more than one!!! 🙂
Yes, your peppers are doing very well. My pepper plants have produced no fruit as of yet. I have 5 pepper plants with little to no growth. Regarding your strawberry, try to keep it hidden from the birds. Right before it gets ripe, they will come snag it. We had to get a net to keep the birds out of our strawberries for that very reason. Love your garden posts. Keep it up!