Now it tastes like summer

Well it is amazing what a difference six weeks makes for a newly planted berry patch. It seems just like yesterday i was planting my strawberries and now i am already enjoying the first trickle of sweet berries. So far they taste great and taste sweeter ever day as the sun ripens them to a nice shade of red. Right now i am getting just about a quart a day while that is small i should be getting a much higher output within weeks as i planted day neutral plants which grow and flower all summer an fall. By mid summer i hope to be getting anywhere from 15 to 30 quarts if the weather is good and the plants keep growing at the same pace. I will post further on the strawberries as they continue to come fully into season. The non strawberry pictures in this post have more to do with my last one but i digress. The first pic is of some beans which are doing quite well so far. The second is of pak choi and the last is a Chinese variety of radish called daikon it is white and more similar to a carrot than radish. I will post further on the garden and its progress next time and as my camera has come back to life don't ask how it just did i will have plenty of photo evidence. I hope you all enjoy the longest days of the year and have a great solstice next week i will try to have sunrise pictures of it for those who are less inclined to celebrate it and be awake for the whole day.

Just a little update but not to little

Well its has been a long time since my last post but i am back now into blogging mode again. I somehow managed to survive the more than six week marathon of planting that i undertook this spring lets just say it was more rewarding and frustrating at the same time than i thought it could ever be. I have managed so far to dodge a bullet so far weather wise while we did have a dry early spring in southern ontario it has been much wetter in the last few weeks and this has recharged the soil with water. I was cutting it close but i managed to keep all the tree and berry seedlings wet enough during the dry spell and the vast majority have survived and seem to be thriving quite well. I should be able to taste my first strawberry tonight as the first ripe berries are beggining to appear. I wont be able to post any pictures for the next little while as my camera has finally given out on me after almost five years but it didnt owe me anything it was a good camera for someone as clumsy as me. Well i hope to post again soon and with pictures as i should be able to start taking some good pictures of the gardens process over the next few weeks once i get a replacement enjoy the last weeks of spring.