So my last post back on April 2nd showed snow on the raised beds. We had planted about 40 or so transplants to take advantage of an early warm up then put some row cover season extension over the plants for protection. Lettuce and broccoli are generally cold tolerant but the weather was in the teens for an extended period of time plus I did not have time to set my low tunnel up correctly so I was thinking we would have some loss. And we did. But not too bad.
First week of April after hard long hard freeze period
No worries. We pulled dead plants and put in new ones. That is why you have a seed start grow station at your house and you plant every two weeks. Having a dozen plants ready each week or two ensures a steady stream of produce. We had nice weather with decent rainfall and it shows.
Here is that same bed a couple weeks later.
Lettuce is interplanted with broccoli and cauliflower. We will harvest the largest heads to allow the smaller heads to get bigger as the broccoli and cauliflower grow to maturity. We have about 30 heads of lettuce going in a separate part of the farm for later on.
I need to find a few hours this week to work at the farm. The peas are coming up and if the bunnies and deer do not eat them they will need a trellis in a week or two. Targeted harvest for sugar snap peas is early June.
