Food for all kinds of beings!

Currant bushes are the first fruit-bearing plants to blossom. They’ve been doing so for a week. Their flowers smell like honeysuckle and are tube-shaped. They and dandelions are the first pollinator food in this back yard. The type of currant being grown is for the birds and pollinators. The berries are not human-tasty.

Two weeks earlier than usual, the Plum trees are blossoming. Apple trees will be in 7-10 days. They’re budding out.

The cold weather crops have been in the ground for a week. All are doing well. We had a light snow on Friday night and temperatures around 30 most of last week. Perfect for these crops.

And, want to show you another experiment done this Spring. Over 50 Rainbow Chard seeds were planted in one of the plastic window boxes and set in my neighbor’s house when the heat was still turned off (with permission). They are growing well. I have scooped out plants and set them in small starter pots to give to neighbors and friends (already done) or to sell here in Jaroso. At least 15 starter pots; most have two plants. A $buck a piece, I figure. My garden received at least 5 plants, and might do a few more. The rest I will use as baby chard in salads and in stir fries. It was an excellent experiment!