Deep in the midst of my garlic harvest, I looked up to see Captain Kirk flying past...
This is the shade bed; you can see whats in now; Tomatoes and Peppers (rescued from drowning under the Zucchini) out of shot on the left, Carrots (in since Jan, not well looked after and small) on the picture left, transplanted Corn and just-sown Kentucky pole beans in the middle, and Swiss chard and Lettuce on the right.
The carrots are really an experiment at this point; the bed isnt as light and fluffy as I'd like - none of them are, as I cant afford to dig in huge bags of compost, and they were dug while there was rain around; hopefully next year they'll be better as the organic matter I stuffed in this year will have been redistributed a bit by worms;
They were only partially thinned, as the area is quite small so I didnt want to leave only 10 carrots in the ground... so for now, theyre just staying in because I dont really have anything else to put in right now. Also, I'm curious to see how big they can get in the end. Some of the other carrots with the smallest above-ground plants had the largest below-ground roots. The bigger of those other carrots are now flowering, bad for veggies of course, but good as color, for insects, and all around enjoyment watching them waving in the breezes. Maybe I'll get some seed also.
I now have a small chunk in the middle where the garlic was harvested, but I dont know what to put in; I'll be wanting some space to put out the leeks for winter as they grow, and when the lettuce is used up, this will provide some space between them. On the other hand, the leeks wont be ready to transplant for a while. I guess I'll be needing some space for my trial of Insuk's Wang Kong when the seeds kindly arrive as a gift from Jim Wright, so I can sow some here and see how they do in this bed. But I do want also to grow some in the sun to see how they fare.
