More Growing, More Harvesting, and a Skink

Every time I go to the garden I am surprised at how much it has grown in only a day or two. I am also kind of surprised about how much needs to be picked again. Last time I harvested I realy cut back the spinach hard and I thought it would take a while to get it to regrow, but it is back with huge leaves and was ready to pick again. Same with the greens. It is starting to get warmer, and this time I saw the evidence of the spinach starting to bolt so I cut it way back again. Totals for this leafy greens harvest were:
Spinach: .328 lb
Mustard Greens: .400 lbs
Turnip Greens: .152 lbs
Also the beans are up and growing. It is about time to plant the next round

This spinach is starting to bolt

We Have a Worm in the Cauliflower

I was at the garden in the early morning, and the first thing I do is walk around and look at everything. When I looked into the middle of the cauliflower I was an imported cabbage worm. I was excited, but did not get a picture. When I went back later, I could not find it. I wanted to catch it and feed it to the skink (more on that later). I am sure it is still there, but just hiding from the sun. It has left a large pile of poop at the bottom of the leaves. I will be spraying BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) the next time I am there.

More Peas

The peas are coming on. I picked 24 more of them totaling about .2 lbs. There are a whole bunch that were just small enough not to pick. The peas are climbing up the trellis, but it is also interesting that they are somewhat self supporting as well.

Basil

One of the four basil plants we planted died so I replanted. Unfortunately there were no purple basil available so we had to replant in green. Also I noticed some of the basil is looking like it might have some nutrient deficiency going on, probably with nitrogen, so I side dressed the basil with a little nitrogen and also side dressed the tomatoes, lettuce and onions. I did not side dress the onions heavily like I did last time because the cauliflower is so close. With too much nitrogen the cauliflower will never head.

I am not sure why the close purple basil died.

New basil planted. You can also see the fertilizer on the ground.

Now for the Skink

While I was working the the square foot garden I noticed a skink over in the pollinator garden. I don't like snakes so when ever I first see a skink I am very cautious, until I see the legs. Like I said, when I saw it I went to find the cabbage worm to feed it, but the worm was hiding. Smart worm.