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We have germination!
Lettuce and swiss chard are growing, coen has sprouted, melons and cukes are off. Shallots look like I buried punk rockers with green hair in the raised beds. Tomatoes are established (I broke down and hit the nursery). Cauliflower and broccoli are doing okay. Peppers and the rest of my tomatoes are still waiting for transplant - they're a bit too wimpy yet to withstand the joys of NM sun in May. The leeks and carrots are a no-grow. Herbs are off - chives, sage, oregeno and tarragon. The rosemary and lavendar have taken over my sidewalk - so I need to cut them back.
How is everyone else's garden doing?
And does anyone know how to trim a prickly pear?
Re: We have germination!
That all sounds great! So do you have recipes that you are just waiting to try out?
The thought of trimming a prickly pear just sounds dangerous, good luck with that one. I found:
Snap the pads off of the plant or cut at the stem. Cutting at the stem will reduce stress on the pad, and will allow the cactus to recover more quickly than it would if you snapped or tore the pad away. This will help keep your cactus plant healthy for future harvests.
Of course that is on wikiHow, telling you how to cook them: http://www.wikihow.com/How-to-Eat-Prickly-Pear-Cactus
My cucmber plants are huge an happy (about 4' tall now) they are blooming so hopefully I will have veggies before long! My tomatoes look good, but still have some growing to do. The one banana pepper plant I ended up with looks good, but that one is my mystery plant (I put it in a big pot in the sunporch, I wasn't sure if this one liked it hot or not).
My new rhubarb is just starting to come up, I don't expect to get a harvest this year, my new strawberries are thriving.
I transplanted my squash outside a couple of weeks ago, and they are having a hard time, but I haven't lost any, I did notice a few flowers starting to form, so hopefully that is a good sign. I have one little lettuce and spinach, so I don't think I'll get much there, and I haven't seen any sign of the carrots, I should be a little more patient, but my radishes are looking great
I'm going to put my watermelon and cantelope in large pots this year (I guess I needed a 3rd bed!) but that hasn't quite happened yet, hopefully Friday.
I've actually cooked with prickly ear paddles before - one of my coworker at my old job had an old family nopales salad recipe from Mexico. I am threatening to do prickly pear jelly this year. I have to do something with them and the plant.
I wish someone had pictures of how I'm supposed to cut the pads off at the stem. And what I'm supposed to use to do the cutting. My industrial gardening shears are too wimpy for the task at thorn....
Banana peppers don't mind heat, but I don't know if that means they can handle NM heat. I'm hoping my corn will sahde the cukes, water melons and cateloupes. Cause they always look so droopy later in the summer. I just put pumpkin seeds in, so I'll see how they do.
youtube has failed me, I thought you could find anything there....
Using the corn as a shade plant is a good idea, hopefully it works out!