May 2021 was a month of extremes; one week I was desperately covering my tomatoes to protect them from frost, the next week there were heat advisories.
My direct-sown spinach hated the temperature swings, bolting as soon as it germinated. Everything else pretty much soldiered on with the help of a lot of hand watering necessitated by the driest May in recorded history. By mid-month I had emptied all of my rain barrels and resorted to tap water.
All that loving attention paid off in June with the garlic producing a lovely batch of scapes.
The peas have also been sweet & plentiful ...
... and so far the tomatoes look very promising.
On the hardscaping side, I gave all the cedar garden boxes two coats of stain and a wonderful arch trellis was custom designed and installed by Ines & Eric of My Nordic Garden.
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| Garden Trellis by Ines Batterton |
I also took advantage of Ines's coaching services and I highly recommend her to anyone interested in improving their kitchen garden knowledge.
Over in the flower gardens, I was delighted with the beautiful Aveyron Tulips, a new addition to my sunny border.
I'm also thrilled that many old friends survived being moved to new locations and are now thriving.
These include the Siberina Bugloss that brings a lot of joy first thing in spring ...
... as well as my Jackmanii Clematis which has never looked better. It was well worth using that backhoe to move twenty-plus years of roots over to the new garden!
All-in-all, May and June 2021 were a whole lot of work and a whole lot of fun!
___________________________________________________________Images: Garden Trellis by Ines of My Nordic Garden; All other images by Tatiana Dokuchic
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