Around the time that the strawberries are ready, the vegetable garden seems to grow by leaps and bounds.
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| Our first crop of homegrown strawberries is finally here! |
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| My little strawberry pickers are ready for action (and consumption). |
These past few days our plants have seemed to double in size! This is great when we are talking about tomatoes, lettuce or basil; however when we are talking about weeds (so, so many weeds) it can get overwhelming quite quickly. And thus, it was a happy day when my self-appointed volunteer farm hand (Mrs. Cheryl) showed up this morning ready to weed. She got right to work and in the blink of my eye (it probably felt like an eternity to her) she had my tomato/lettuce patch back in good working order.
Motivated by her progress, Liam, Seamus and I tackled the row crops, cabbage/eggplant patch, and garlic/ground cherry corner later in the afternoon. All that is left for tomorrow is the broccoli section and three rows of parsnips/peas.
We got a huge amount of weeding done today, though I am not sure how much dirt we actually left in the garden.
Alistair was not bothered at all by our filth, as long as we agreed to share our strawberries with him.
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