Shallots and more

Shallots are in the ground!! All 624 of them! These shallots are Yellow Moon. I think shallots are one of my favorite vegetables to plant and watch grow. They are these round fat bulbs that are placed in the ground so that their little heads stick up out of the ground a little bit and then they start to grow. As they grow each fat bulb divides in to 3 or 4 individual bulbs with the wonderful array of green hairy tops that stand up straight and tall. When they are ready to harvest their green hairy tops start to turn brown and that is the signal to dig them up. They are then split into their own individual set and cured for a couple of weeks and then ready to be added to some wonderful recipes.

We have been busy planting all the Peas too. They are not up yet but I expect them to pop through the ground any day now that we have had some wonderful rain and today it has been sunny and warm. I have planted Sugar Snap Peas, Mammoth Melting Snow Peas and Oregon Sugar Pod Snow Peas. I am trying a variety of peas hoping to have a longer harvest. The Oregon Sugar Pod Snow Peas are suppose to be a good shelling pea that can be frozen. The way Zephyrus, my grandson, likes peas I need to grow a lot of them.

The greenhouse is full of starts of peppers, tomatoes, celery, spinach, summer squash, beets, basil, cilantro, dill, nasturtiums, Calendula and more. Spring is a busy and exciting time of year. We are also working on finishing up the irrigation to the lower garden, preparing new beds and mulching paths.

I will try to write more frequently so you can be aware of all that is growing here on the farm.