It’s the last days of May and finally we’re having sunny weather. All of a sudden it seems nature has awaken from winter sleep. The first blossoms appear, a vision of delight and straight away we feel happy and full of positivity.
Here’s some of our fruits and vegetables in May
Redcurrant still green
cabbage turnip
cos lettuce
young bean plants
Waiting for vegetables in your own garden for the first time is like having a fondue when you’re starving. First it seems so slow and you think it’ll never come to any satisfaction.
I can tell you, there’s nothing worse than staring at darkbrown soil, waiting for some green stuff to see the sunlight, only to realize that it’s the old boy “Giersch” again. On the other hand you feel supernatural when you descry the first sign of peas or beans or any other vegetable you planted.
climbing peas
peas
We’re so excited, the peas and the beans came out some days ago and already started wrapping themselves around the wooden limbs Thomas has been putting into the ground in especially for that.
The long awaited potatoe plants however are unstoppable now. I’m not exaggerating when I say that some of them are going up to my hips now (and yes, I’m not incredibly long-legged but I’m not a midget either).
potato fields forever
Is this normal? While shooting up so fast, do they have enough energy left for millions of subterranean fruit? Or will we have to eat the green with our steak?
Next to all the vegetables are the garden beauties of the month of May: The poppy flowers come back every year and next to them everything looks pale and unimposing.
sleeping beauty
poppy flower in bloom
beauty queen for a day
young potatoe plant
We talked about having our homegrown vegetables many times but then winter came and it was too cold to do anything. This spring Thomas was in the right mood for a lot of open air work. The part of the garden we were looking at was a total mess because my dad couldn’t take care of it since a couple of years anymore, it’s too much work for him.