Army of Peas
So some frost damage ate up my cabbage hopes, but the broccoli and cauliflower are holding strong. Carrots and chard are starting to muscle their way through the topsoil nicely now. The real success story goes to the peas though. They seem to spring up about half an inch a night now. Little green soldiers fighting off the remnants of winter’s last tendrils. Warmer days have really started to push them along. The 1st round of compost has been moved to the 2nd stage of decomposition so its time to start another barrel.
Indoors the summer seedlings are doing great. Squash is already 4-5 inches tall and all of the tomato varieties have successfully sprouted. The apple trees have budded and bloomed after a brutal pruning in February so there is still hope they may yet survive. They really needed some extra shaping work if they were going to stand any chance of surviving another season or produce fruit for that matter. The beginnings of the spring menu are starting to roll out in the restaurant, so once we get the presentations nailed it will be great to have some new food to photograph. New garden, new staff, new spring to pull out of the depths of the cold weather season.
