Cool Spring Update

Hello from the Garden!

This cool weather sure slows down plant growth. But things are growing! Almost everything is planted out, but we do still have things growing in the greenhouse and cold frame (mainly, the herbs). We have about 30 basil plants growing this year. Our garden friends will be able to make plenty of fresh basil pesto! yum-yum!
The beets, onions, radishes, potatoes, and peas don't care about the cool temps. They are growing like crazy.
Most things, though, are holding out for warmer nights.

While we had a lull in the garden (many vegetables don't like to be planted out until it's in the 50's at night), we kept busy by adding to our fruit orchards. We have added 5 more apple trees (Zestar, Connell Red, McIntosh, Honeycrisp, and Red Regent), 6 pear trees (2 each of Parker, SummerCrisp, and Patten), and 3 more cherry trees (Bali). We also planted some sugar maples.

The rhubarb is ripe, so we have been eating lots of rhubarb stuff lately. The radishes are almost ripe. yes, we've been eating pencil thin baby icicle radishes. We couldn't wait!

Hoping for warmer weather,
Luke
for the RoseBros