Gardening in the Land of the Huguenots
The garden has been very productive this year, despite an overall lack of rain. Here are a few highlights:
Green beans: 4.82 kg
Strawberries: 20.76 kg
Red currents: 5.66 kg
Potatoes: 53.3 kg
Garlic: 108 pieces
Onions: 201 pieces
Carrots: 3.5 kg
Zucchini: 198 pieces (to date)
The new beds are doing well, the melons and pumpkins are spreading out rapidly:
Our two pear trees are really bearing fruit:
Mid-May marked the second month of working in my home office as a result of COVID-19. This has the advantage that I have more time, because I don’t have to commute to work each day. I can also spend my lunch breaks in the garden.
Most years I am very ambitious with my gardening activities, this year I brought this to a new level. I had a few days off from work so decided to turn an unused portion of the garden into garden beds.
After clearing the grass away and digging up a large pile of roots and stones, I ended up with 5 new growing beds. In one bed I planted a row of watermelon and cantaloupe melons. In another row I planted Muscat (nutmeg) pumpkins. As both of these need a lot of room to grow, I planted buckwheat in every other row as a cover crop.
As the melons and pumpkins grow, I can dig in the buckwheat and make the space available for their expansion.
