Only a Mama knows: June Garden Update

Friday, June 23, 2023

June Garden Update

Time for a June garden update!

The garden is doing amazing, thanks mostly to my dad. I do get down to the garden more now, now that I've wrapped up my chemo and I'm not laying in bed feeling like I'm dying most of the time.

The beets came in a bit sporadic, but they are growing well. I pulled one to see how they were growing, and I think things are looking good!

We've got four rows of corn planted. Two in one bed, one in the bed with the green beans, and one in the bed with the squash. Here's the bed with two rows. We are well on our way to "knee high by the 4th of July!" lol

The green beans are doing great. We've got the bush beans, as well as the poll beans. The poll beans are on the wooden trellis. We'll probably support the bush beans with some tomato cages once they get bigger. I'm SUPER excited for when they start producing.

My raspberries plants have exploded. They have seriously grown so much. I did a bit of reading though, and because they are first year, we probably won't be getting berries on them this year. That's ok though, I just want them to get well established and hopefully next year I will be swimming in berries.

My strawberries are doing well, and every few days I get a handful of berries to munch on. Here pretty soon we need to cover the bed with bird netting though. I'm starting to lose some to the birds, and I hate sharing with them!

We've got two different kinds of squash planted. Acorn and I think spaghetti. We've had a lot of flowers pop up, and I was excited to see the start of a little squash!

Growing snap peas is always one of my favorites because I get to pick and snack on them daily throughout June. They are usually wrapped up by mid July, as they don't enjoy the heat very much. So I try to get as much as I can out of them in June.

We added two new raised beds to the garden and planted pumpkins in one of them! They're already doing great and I'm excited to be growing pumpkins again. It's been a few years. We have cantaloupe seeds and plan to get those in the ground of the other new bed here very shortly.