[Magdalen] First fruits

[Charles Wohlers]

My only harvest so far has been to cut back basil plants as they were 
starting to touch the grow lights. Got a little pesto out of it.

Peas & spinach are up, and the spinach has some true leaves on it, so 
hopefully it'll be pickable in a week or two.

I have a ton of plants in the greenhouse waiting for the MA church plant 
sale Saturday. Mostly veggies (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, winter squash, 
etc.) but also some lavender, dill, and a few flowers.

And two of the apple trees (Haralson & Lodi) I planted several years ago 
have flowers for the first time!

Spring is here!

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Weigel
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 7:43 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: [Magdalen] First fruits

My upper deck mini farm has just produced its first harvest (other than
herbs, which it has been producing for a couple of weeks now)....baby
romaine lettuce leaves, for tonight's salad. Yum! And this week, now that
all danger of frost is past, I have planted a jalapeño pepper in a pot and
a cucumber in a hanging basket to go along with the cherry tomato in a
basket that I bought last weekend. I contemplated a zucchini in a basket
but am short one hook, also was tempted by a mini eggplant but we don't eat
that much eggplant. In the herb department, I have 3 kinds of basil
(Genovese, Thai, and purple), lemon thyme, sage, dill, rosemary, par-cel
aka cutting celery, chives which are perennial and now 6 years old,
oregano, 3 kinds of mint (peppermint, spearmint, and apple mint), lemon
balm, lemon verbena, and lavender--all in big pots, mixed in with flowers,
and on a deck measuring about 4 by 6 feet.