Maybe it is because I didn’t really like spinach as a kid. Maybe it is because we let the spinach run rampant last year. Maybe it is because we mixed up all the soil from the planting beds during the repair. Whatever the reason, the spinach is everywhere. It threatens to blanket the greenhouse if weeding is not aggressive.
We are eating it by the ton, and giving it away when possible, but supply is easily outstripping demand !! Where is Popeye when you need him 🙂
Despite the damage done by hurricane Beryl, which destroyed all but one plant, it produced a good yield. It is enough for several meals, with a bit more to come..
The greenhouse beds were another casualty of hurricane Beryl. The winds whipped around tearing some lattice, roof panels, and 2 of the 3 beds. We made the decision to just replace the wooden beds with concrete ones to make them stronger.
We were also forced to churn the soil and add some compost and potassium. It was a lot of work moving soil around, but we are in better shape for the future..
The relocated passion fruit vine is doing well and we were able to harvest some fruit to make some delicious juice….
The seedling soursop trees are coming along and are now about 4 feet in height. Despite the rough weather cycles this year, they appear to be healthy…
Following hurricane Beryl, a lot of vegetables and other crops were damaged or destroyed. We had some damage to banana trees and several cocoa trees were destroyed. However, the banana have pounced back pretty quickly, and there are even new growth of cocoa coming from the stumps that we had to cut. Nature is nothing if not resilient…..
During a brief absence, these miniature squash invaded the greenhouse, and battled with the spinach for dominance 😉 It took a while to clean things up and they still remain hiding on the outside walls…
It is truly amazing what mother nature can do to thrive in challenging environments. We marvel at things growing in the desert or on mountaintop, but sometimes it is in everyday environments such as a weed on a concrete sidewalk, or this plant intertwined with a fence…..
These are from a farm up the road, but they are something I have not seen in years. Big enough to be a meal as kids, the Mammee apple was a relatively rare treat.
