I always enjoy a time-lapse update of things and just in case you do too, here is one of the garden. The first picture was posted in my “That’s Some Big Kale” post. The picture was taken on June 16th.
By accident, I took the below updated picture exactly 2 months later on August 16th. It has looked like this for a while now. What a picture of life and vitality. It is such a treat to be able to harvest kale daily for lunch, and we sometimes have it for dinner as well.
I saw someone write on the internet recently saying something like, if you don’t have bugs eating part of your plants, you don’t have a thriving ecosystem. I was reminded of working on the soil earlier in the year. Pre-soil work, there was close to nothing as far as worms or bugs in the earth. Post-soil work, the earth was swimming with life, and I could take handfuls of worms out of the ground and bugs running all over the place. Truthfully, I was a little worried about the young plants getting devoured, but it never happened.
I’m also learning about “no-dig” gardening, which is an interesting concept. You leave the soil intact, as not to disturb the soil biome, and just add nutrients on the top. I tinkered with the concept slightly this year, and I think I will try it fully next year (although, I do love sticking my hands in the earth).
People ask me what I’m growing in the garden. I rattle off my list, and when it comes to saying kohlrabi, people stop me because they don’t have any idea what it is. So here is an updated picture of that as well. It’s ready for harvest (maybe a little late). This one is being engulfed by the tomatoes. It’s from the broccoli family. You can eat the leaves, which taste like taro leaf to me, and the bulb tastes like mild broccoli. I like to add it to my soup, stir-fry is quite good, and we have even cooked it on the BBQ.
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