Monthly Archives: May 2024

Lettuce Growing Like Crazy, Very Busy in the Garden, Too Much Rain

I harvested the first of spring planted lettuce on May 4th. Since it has been growing like crazy, I continue to harvest lettuce about every 4 days or so. The last of the early spring planted radishes were harvested on May 4th, and harvest continues on green onions. The Silver Queen white corn was seeded on May 11th. Tomato and pepper seedlings were transplanted out into the garden on May 13th and most of the beans were seeded about one week ago and the celery seedlings were also transplanted out into the garden about that same time. I received just over 4 inches of rain in less than 24 hours on May 15th, which is way too much rain. Up to that time, it had been relatively dry. Over the last month or so, my peas were getting damaged by sparrows, which were picking on the leaves. I first covered them with a row cover, but then decided to cover the vines with bird netting, as it lets in more sun. The peas have started to grow again and look pretty good. I had some of my seed potatoes rot, so I dug the rotting potatoes up and planted them with some extras that I had. The seed potatoes rotted in both the raised beds and the grow bags. I suspect the excessive wet and cold soil in early April caused the rot. I still need to direct seed my cucumbers and another small area of bush green beans, but I will probably wait a few days in the hope that the soil will dry out a bit.

Spring Planted Lettuce Awaiting the First Harvest, Picture Taken 5-4-24
Giant Radish Harvested, Picture Taken 5-4-24