Finally, after weeks and weeks of rain and showers, we got a few dry days(and a shower).

Catching Up On Work

The one dry week after a very long period of rain had to be used well. Although temperatures are still quite low, with morning temperatures around 10°C(50°F), daily longer sunny periods are finally making my vegetables grow faster than the previous couple of months. The heat lowing vegetables like zucchini and tomatoes grew more in the last 7 days than in the whole of May.

The current problem is the wind, which is drying the soil very fast. I was certain that I’d need to water my plants soon, but the shower which we had yesterday evening helped with the situation. The wind is also starting to break tall plants, which this year are taller than ever. My poppies are almost 2m(.65ft) and still growing. So I need to get more poles to keep them alive.

At Least There’s Enough Mulch

The good thing about all this rain we had, is that there’s a lot of grass everywhere. Although this is very annoying, I’m at least able to mulch my plants in the sunny part of the garden. Right now I can’t get any straw or hay anywhere, so mulching with fresh grass is the only option. Luckily there’s plenty of grass everywhere.

The shaded part of the garden is never mulched, and this year I won’t mulch either. The soil here, despite the sun and wind, is still very wet and the only thing I’d achieve with mulching is easier disease development. Still, I’m planning to mulch the entire garden with straw this winter to avoid deep digging. We’ll see how this will work, but I’m almost 100% certain that I’ll need to move the straw in the spring.

Another Harvest

With the beginning of warmer days, I’m also starting to have regular harvests. This week’s wasn’t as big as the one last week, but it brought me the first pea and red currant harvest. The red currants aren’t still completely red, but I need to harvest them anyway. Every ripe berry gets immediately eaten by the birds.

Peas and broad beans are also giving first ripe pods. This year I’ll actually manage to harvest some peas. The cooler weather helped the plants stay alive long enough for the peas to ripen. Now, we’ll see how the plants will react to the higher temperatures next week, but hopefully, they won’t be too stressed.

Plans For Next Week

Next week should bring us the first dash of summer, although I’m very skeptical about it. We should have had summer temperatures yesterday and we ended with barely 20°C and rain the whole afternoon, so we’ll see what we’ll get.

As for the garden, I still have plenty of things to weed out and clean. The retention slope still hasn’t been touched this year, and I should really clean it. Also, I’ve started working on a big fairy garden and tomato fence, so I’ll need to finish them this week. Hopefully, this one will be nice and warm.