The carrots and the beets are still quite small so we decided to thin them and leave them to keep growing. We're not sure why they didn't do so well. We're guessing it had to do with the soil that is in those beds. It was basic top soil that we bought from a local landscape company and we trucked it in ourselves. The square foot gardens, on the other hand, are growing plants like a rain forest. Those three beds all have a mixture of 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite, and 1/3 compost (composed of five different kinds of compost for a variety of nutrients). That homemade soil mix is obviously much better than basic top soil. So tonight we tried to improve the soil in our first beds by adding some compost and peat moss. We'll see how it turns out. We're still learning.
Improving the soil of our "old" beds. Adding composted manure, peat hummus, and peat moss.
Eggplant blossoms. The picture doesn't do the color of purple justice.
A fine bunch of gardeners:
We had a great harvest of lettuce, basil, and chard. Three cucumbers. Two zucchini. Some very small carrots (red, yellow, white, and orange). Some tiny beets. Three broccoli florets. A great beginning.
Standing next to our "new" beds that have our "new" soil: 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite, and 1/3 compost (composed of five different kinds of compost: mint, yard waste, mushroom, manure, and a general compost). These plants absolutely love the soil they're in!
The carrots were so small that these were thrown in the compost pile. I rescued them and Sarah washed them up. They're beautiful but tiny (about 1/4 inch thick!):
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