sunnuntai 27. toukokuuta 2012

Tending to the seedlings + artsy photo


Garden gone wild.



The weather has been extremely favourable. Kohlrabi was the first to germinate and the seedlings are growing fast. Also beet have germinated, but they are still tiny. The kohlrabi seems to have alreay been infested with a coleopteran evildoer, of which I have a picture here:



Of course, weeds are springing up just as quickly as everything else. After I sowed the seeds I have not picked any weeds, but let them grow. When you pull them out, the earth around them is turned with such violence that I believe it might harm the seedlings of your crop plants when they are still very small. I cleared the kohlrabi patch today, since the kohlrabi seedlings were easily identifiable and had already gained sufficient robustness to survive the upheaval of earth around them.

The garden right now:



When picking weeds and watering your patch, you see a lot of different arthropods. This cocoon-carrying spider was subjected to an unexpected shower:





You've got to work with what you have.

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