This past week went by in a blur, not helped by the fact that I forgot to take photos, of either work parties or Thursday Community Dinner, held for the first time this season on the patio.
Mainly, our concern was weather, and specifically, heat. Temp went up to 9o° one day, and stayed in the upper 80s for several more days, definitely not expecting that this early in May. Concerned that the lettuce in the Garden Towers would bolt, we doubled down on picking it for salads, both individually and communally. But, amazing: it did NOT bolt! The towers look as good as ever this morning.
Three podmates were out of town for all or most of the week: Annie to New York to visit John, a former Green Acres Village resident, Daniel as best man in a wedding somewhere in Indiana, and Aya to a workshop in I think South Carolina. That left fewer of us for work parties, but we did manage to do a lot of weeding, sow a bunch of cosmos and poppies, plant sugar snap peas and cucumbers along trellises, plus one smallish bed with tomatoes and basil.
However, weeding nowhere near done. Some plants just like to take over . . . For example, jewel weed (the juice in its stems an antidote for poison ivy).
And motherwort . . .
Though we love motherwort, this is NOT the only bed it’s invading, so some will have to get pulled.
A few more pics from this morning, one from my porch looking towards the main garden.
One in the main garden.
One of the beautiful light green cover (what is it?) that’s starting to line the sides of the former pond (now a wetland, thanks to bambooish plant that invaded a few years ago).
And finally, the amazing sight of kiwi fruits, still teensy weensy, visible sorta here. . .
. . . but in fact covering the entire porch structure above. This is the first year kiwis have fruited on more than one or two branches, so we’re going to have quite a harvest!
Notice sunlight dappling the wood . . .
BTW: this woody area above was home to a mourning dove nest, and the chick successfully hatched and flew away.