Mikhailah's Blog

Having a good day today, I checked the garden early this morning, some of my bush beans are almost up, the soil is slightly breaking where they're pushing through.

The pole beans I planted are really aggressive and have eagerly pushed through the soil showing off their crinkly primary leaves. Their initial color is quite odd compared to bush beans, more of a dark olive greeny brown that will soon turn to a regular shade of 'bean' green.

One of my cukes looked really awful this morning, you know you have a problem when your plants are wilted first thing in the morning even before the sun touches them. I pulled it up and planted some corn in that corner, I figured if there is a problem with the soil corn would have the best chance of survival.

I bought some coriander seeds today which means I'll probably find the ones I lost any day now!

I thought sweet peppers grew quickly... they're slow compared to a few cukes I've been watching! I'm hoping to water them well enough that they grow to full size without any strange shaping, though easier said than done most times.

Some of the cabbages look like they're ready to harvest but I'm not sure really. I'm trying to leave them a bit longer. I'm curious to see how large they can get.

The peppermint (yes, I can call it that now that it has markings on the leaves and the stems are darkening) is doing well in the herb bed, but not so well in the veggie bed round the back. It's looking a bit straggly.

Five of the six gladioli planted in pots have come up, probably around five inches of flat sword like leaves showing. The sixth that hasn't shown has put down roots but for some reason isn't sprouting.

The flat leaf parsley is doing well in the herb garden, I'm very pleased with it.

Not sure about the flower seedlings, I'm waiting for them to get stronger and show secondary leaves. Some of them are drying up and dying. I'm trying to be patient with them but they are sooo slow!

One of the tomato seedlings have surfaced, a 'red pear'.

Now I've finally got my hands on some AAA batteries I'll see what I can take pictures of in the morning. I quite like taking picture even though I'm not very good at it, it helps to see the various stages of plant growth. To be able to look back at this blog in the future will be very valuable.