Helen Chesnut: Warm weather, rain has gardens engulfed in weeds Faced with a vegetable garden full of weeds? Do as Helen Chesnut does: Concentrate first on the plantings that you most rely on. Helen Chesnut Jun 22, 2024 4:30 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Previous Next 1 / 1 Lightweight organza fruit protection bags protect apples and other fruits from insect pest damage.HELEN CHESNUT Advertisement Expand Listen to this article 00:04:59 Weeds, weeds weeds! The advent of warm weather combined with intermittent rainfall has gardens engulfed in weeds.
It’s been difficult to keep up with weed growth in the vegetable plots but, bit by bit, they can be cleared. I concentrate first on the vegetable plantings that I most rely on — peas, carrots , onions and tomatoes among them — in keeping their plots weeded for the most abundant production of food possible. Weeds aside, this is a season of fresh bounty, a time to revel in the splendid flowery and edible outcomes of our spring endeavours.
I’ve already had my first delectable servings of mini-broccoli (Aspabroc) and cauliflower from the garden, and tasted the first sweet, sun-warmed strawberries. Flowers have appeared on some of the potato plants, promising a few small tubers to gently nudge out of the soil under the outer edges of their foliage canopies. Plump lettuces are lined up ready for harvesting.
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