On Father’s Day I swam and gardened. The photo above is some of what I picked from the garden that day. From the food on the counter I made turnips and turnip greens, froze some kale and turnip greens and worked hard to give away arugula and lettuce. Tomorrow I will go to work and hope to give away more arugula and lettuce.
On Father’s Day I also began the process of making tea. A tiny bit of chamomile and a whole lot of mint.
I also thinned some carrots and they were tiny and good.
For the last several years I have planted carrot seeds on Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a good day to get your fall harvested carrots seeds in the ground. These days because of the challenges of bunnies in the “non-cat chapter” of Katy and my life together planting anything is not a simple matter. First I had to build a barrier to more easily fence the bunnies out. As you can tell by the piles of food the barriers work. Below is a picture of bunnies and a new garden bed. The bunny in the front is standing right in what is now the carrot bed. Bunnies don’t eat arugula so it could be wild and free. The same can not be said about carrots; they will grow inside this box, which will be covered with chicken wire to keep the bunnies out.
Hope you did something memorable and celebrated Juneteenth today.
Carrot Day Massachusetts 2023 