I finished planting the rest of the mustard greens and the collard greens this afternoon. All but one or two of the seedlings I planted last week are growing and doing well. I’ve been watering them with water saved from the shower. We are in a level 4 drought here, with outdoor watering being banned. Legally, we can still water personal food gardens from the hose, but I try to conserve water as much as I can and have only used fresh water very sparingly for our garden.
I planted some of the kale plants, but the rest will go in the back in a bed I haven’t quite finished preparing. I’m hoping that the kale plants I put in the back yard will last through next summer. It would be nice to have greens – besides Swiss chard – in the summer.
Two of the beds in the front yard are getting a rest this winter. I’ll be planting the alfalfa and clover mixture in them soon. We’ve also almost finished two new beds in the front yard. We will have six beds in the front yard in all. I think we might be able to squeeze in a couple more next spring, too. We’re mostly limited by the shade in the yard.
With luck, soon the only grass we have left in the front yard will be in the pathways between garden beds.
