Last night as I was walking through our garden I noticed there were a few fruits and vegetables that were doing exceptionally well. The raspberries for instance. I am pretty convinced there will be a bumper crop of berries this year.
The raspberry patch has been buzzing with activity for the last week and a half and the sound of bees is so loud at times I almost want to record the sound.
My only question is, where is the hive?
Our 12 blueberry bushes are bursting with so many tiny {and some not so tiny} berries I cannot wait to see how many we will end up with this year. My fingers are crossed that Lucy will not discover them.
The sugar snap peas. Oh my word they are beautiful! I think I’ll harvest them on Monday and make something delicious. Do you have any favorite fresh pea recipes I should try?
I don’t know what it is about cabbage, but I think it’s one of the most beautiful vegetables to photograph. The purple cabbages even more so.
Oh and pears, I’m pretty convinced this year we’ll get a bumper crop of those too. Last year we harvested 7 pears from 2 trees {the most we’ve ever harvested}. This year there are to many tiny little pears to count. The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird has her eye on them.
The rhubarb! I planted 2 rhubarb crowns last year and this year they are flourishing. The only thing is they are planted in a really odd spot along side the house and I desperately need to move them. I’ve never moved an existing rhubarb plant before. Have you? If I move it will it bloom {?} grow like this next year or will I kill it in the move?
Does anyone know for sure?
And last but not least. The potato, tomato, carrot and lettuce steel drum that was planted by Andy.
What a mess. I’m pretty sure tomatoes and potatoes are not companion plants, but they both seem to be thriving at this point so I don’t want to move anything. It’s basically just a hot mess of green and a little hard to see, but I wanted to share anyway.
So what’s new in your garden?
Do you foresee having a bumper crop this year? If so, with what fruit or vegetable?
~Mavis wants to know! 🙂
Tina Meismer says
You mentioned Lucy discovering the blueberries. We have to fence our peas so the dog (Annie) can’t eat them. Then when the tomatoes are full of fruit….Annie thinks we have grown a bush of balls for her. She ever go gently pulls the tomatoes off the plants and takes them to her bed to hoard them, if we don’t catch her. I think this year we will fence off the tomatoes too!
Mavis says
Ha! Having a puppy who likes to tag along in the garden is hard! She is just so stinkin’ cute. Lucy loves tomatoes too so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Erin says
The house I am living at has an established rhubarb. We are in Colorado and the family that owns the house brought it from Montana. It is huge and so so yummy. Just be careful of the roots and I think you will be fine,
suzanne says
Your berry patch looks fantastic. If It were my rhubarb I would cut the tops back and move asap keeping well watered. I always cut them back anyway this time of year if I haven’t harvested them for other purposes. I grow them in my borders as a large leaved perennial so I like them to look perky.
Mavis says
Thanks Suzanne. I think I’m going to harvest the rest of the rhubarb this week.
Sheila M. says
I took the same pictures of bees in my raspberry patch. I love their activity….it’s fascinating. As for their hive….some of my bees live next door in my neighbor’s honeybee hive. Purchasing honey from my neighbor is what I call buying local.
Mavis says
Nice. 🙂 I wish my neighbors collected honey too.
ann says
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/feeling-fruity/moving-rhubarb_61338.html
Brandy @ The Prudent Homemaker says
You should make my Museum Pasta Salad with your peas:
http://theprudenthomemaker.com/index.php/museum-pasta-salad
It is the reason we grow sugar snap peas.
Try not to eat the whole thing by yourself. You will want to!
Chris N. says
Rhubarb: When I moved from North Dakota to Ohio, I brought my rhubarb plants with me. And 7 years later, they are doing just great! They produce a bumper crop year after year. I can’t imagine transplanting yours would hurt a thing!
Mavis says
Thanks Chris. I think I will move the plants this fall.
Heather says
I’ve moved my rhubarb around with nary a problem (also in the PNW). I’m pretty lackadaisical about moving plants and I just dug and moved without much care – and they seem to be fine with that. The next year they were *slightly* less producing, but the year after and they are back to full bore (and then some).
Mavis says
Thanks Heather!! 🙂
Mari says
Hi Mavis
Its winter here and I plan to move my rhubarb in the next few weeks. When it is dormant is the best time to move it. If u do decide to move it now, Dig a large area around it, water it well, then lift the next day. Dig the hole at the new site bigger than the root ball,, water well, add fertilizer (I use sheep poo pellets) then plant and water again. I would enjoy the stems over summer and shift in winter so it does not sulk next year. I prefer shifting things in their dormant winter state.
Mavis says
Thanks Mari!
Steve says
Its better to move the rhubarb when its dormant. Wait until next March, then you can dig them up and divide them into thirds. Now you will have 6 crowns to plant. It will take them a year or two to get established, by the third year, you will be loads of stalks to harvest.
Dana Laughlin says
I agree; don’t move it until next spring! I moved all of mine around last summer, and I thought that I killed them. Luckily, they all came back this year!
stacie m. says
The rhubarb this year is going WILD. I think it liked being scratched up by wild turkeys. 😉 I’ve already made quite a few things with it and it looks untouched! We’ve also got kale flourishing, and potatoes look fantastic. I hope someday to have as big of a garden with as many varieties as you! I figure if you can do it in your suburban backyard, I can do it on my few acres. 🙂 As always, love the blog Mavis!
Kathy Stevens says
My MIL has two rhubard plants. they originally were together, but she moved one (sorry, I don’t know what season….but I can find out) Now the relocated plant is about eight times the size of the other one.
sarah says
Here in New England, rhubarb is moved around in the spring. I believe it’s usually April that my grandfather gives me some when I ask for it. (it’s been a few years) And the stuff he gave me has been moved at least twice and held up(the last time in june due to central air being put in)
Mindy says
We live in Washington and a relative brought us back rhubarb from North Dakota. Several years later, after surviving two moves at our house, it is doing great! We have one neighbor who always has their eye on it and another who stopped and asked if we were going to use it. Rhubarb gold I tell ya!
Mavis says
I think rhubarb is total gold too! 🙂
Amanda Meyer says
Around our house, rhubarb grows like a weed! It has been transplanted multiple times to multiple locations and has survived and thrived every time!