How is it already July? i've been a bit behind with my posting, 2020 has been quite a year for a number of reasons. The kids ended school in March, due to the Coronavirus quarantine. My son missed the end of his senior year, but was still able to graduate in June. i'll make another post about that eventually. My folks moved down here from MI and bought a house not far away in the next county over. Kenan moved his glass shop to Floyd (another post) and i've just been home with the kids doing what we do. Nothing else has really changed too much.
We had some weird weather in May (21 degrees!!) so things are a bit behind.
Harvest 5-23-2020 Sppring temps were weird, but i did manage to get a few cold crops planted. So by the end of May we were getting asparagus and radishes. My spinach did terrible, but i did get a bit and the strawberries came from a pot that had overwintered in the greenhouse. We were getting shiitake and oysters on and off all winter and my hens began laying eggs again in February.
6-4-2020 First week of June we started seeing garlic scapes. Rhubarb is ready to harvest and lettuce is just starting to come in.
6-11-2020 Almost the second week of June before we start to see peas. Still getting a few radish, although they are starting to bolt now. Plenty of lettuce ready, still getting mushrooms and eggs.
6-16-2020 Found our first Chicken of the season! Getting tons of Garlic scapes, peas, eggs and carrots are ready to pick.
6-30-2020 Ending June with another Chicken of the Woods. Also found a few wild chanterelles and getting shiitakes again. Everything is about a month behind. Normally i would already be getting tomatoes, squash and beans. They are still a few weeks off for a variety of reasons. The deer found 2 of my fenced gardens and ate all the beans, so my bean harvest this year will not be great. Tomatoes are loaded with green fruits, but still have a while before they ripen and my squash didn't germinate well. After replanting repeatedly, i finally have a couple plants that appear to be close to blooming.
We have so much to do at home to stay busy, it hasn't felt like much of a quarantine. However the closer we get to school starting up, the more anxious i get about it. We've felt quite protected here in our bubble, but once school begins we will lose that feeling of protection. Especially with my son headed off to college in just about a month.
