5/13/22 Wild strawberries are blooming, along with Dandelions and Creeping Charlie. Lilly of the Valley has appeared.

5/13/22 Been very warm all week including today. High 80s and sunny to mostly sunny.

Wild strawberries are blooming, along with Dandelions and Creeping Charlie. Lilly of the Valley has appeared. Blackberries greening up.

Planted overwintered yellow pepper and ancient peppers in coldframe. Moved some of  the New Zealand spinach and alyssum from coldframe to blackberry garden. Blackberry greening up nice. Tatsoi and arugula are starting to go to seed.

Seeded greens, beets, carrots and radishes growing slowly in all gardens. Peas are growing good but haven't bloomed yet. Magnolia grow the fastest, followed by Sugar Ann. Avalanche is growing slowest. This is true across all gardens. Wando peas are growing good in patio garden. Planted some salsa seed blend pepper plants into northwest garden along with mardi gras bush beans.

Northwest

Southwest Middle

Southwest

Planted west patio garden. Didn't plant east patio garden yet because I don't have a system set up to cover it when it gets cold next week. Still have Sweetie Cherry tomatoes that I would like to plant, along with lots of peppers. Trying to keep all the tomatoes in patio garden or in pots. Also planted some Yellow Gem Marigold plants in between the orange hat dwarf tomatoes in the front south row.

• Back North row 4 beefsteak tomatoes plus 2 hot Hungarian peppers
• Middle row 5 san marzano tomatoes
• Front South row 5 orange hat dwarf tomatoes plus 1 sweet yellow banana pepper.

It will be interesting to see which ones grow and taste the best. I would like to experiment with the Florida weave system for tomatoes this year. I wonder if I can get away with 2 end stakes or will need a middle stake.

• https://www.gardenbetty.com/trellising-tomatoes-with-the-florida-weave/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH3ZLYl3q3Y&t=10s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeYFSeWICKk&t=25s

Colorado parsley sprouting. Rhubarb and leek sprouts growing good. Rhubarb starting to fern.

Planted some sunflowers and Tithonia seeds among the sedum and wild strawberries along the east driveway fence.