I completely reworked the soil on a couple of the boxes this past week getting them ready for winter and spring plantings. As I mentioned last post, I've decided to replant an herb box as last year's plan to keep Box 4 for perennial and annual herb planting didn't pan out too well. Perhaps due to the fact that the plants were not in the ground or perhaps due to last year's continuation of the disastrous drought, the perennials mostly died back significantly. Since it is easy enough to simply purchase herb plants and restart them, it gives me a chance to rework the soil; not a bad thing.
Box 1 is going to hold another planting of broccolini but on the opposite side. I'm also setting this for seeding of greens to follow up the current autumn-planted crop in Box 2. The broccolini performed so magnificently I had to set another planting out for the Spring.
Box 2 holds the current crop of greens. The peas have been growing well, perhaps too well as they are more or less crowding out the adjacent row of chard.
Box 3 is progressing nicely with the garlic and onions.
Box 4 will continue to hold last year's herbs until the herbs in Box 5 are established.
Box 5 is the new herb box. I purchased several plants from Berkeley Horticultural yesterday which, after I reworked the soil with steer manure, I planted. From bottom: Italian flat-leaf parsley, cilantro, Cretan oregano, culinary sage, English thyme, French thyme, chervil, Greek oregano, Italian oregano. I'll probably transplant the marjoram and chives from Box 4 when I clean it out later.
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