It started raining on Sunday and has rained off and on through today (it's raining right now). So, far, in the last two days, I've had about 2.75 inches. It's been a nice steady rain so it's soaking in.
Before the rain I got the lawn mowed and weeds pulled. In between rainfalls I harvested some carrots, kale, turnips, okra, bunching onions, papaya, Swiss chard, long beans, lettuce, fennel bulbs and some herbs (sage, basil, dill, shiso, rosemary and cilantro).
I pulled up the yakon I planted a few months ago. I had started it from cuttings and only one produced tubers for further propagation. It didn't produce any of the edible tubers this time but since you aren't really supposed to start yakon from cuttings, the tubers I got from this harvest are a good start I shouldn't really have counted on. I separated the propagation tubers and planted them in pots to get them started. I'll put them in the garden once they've started growing a bit.
The rain slowed enough today for me to get some seeds into the ground. I planted the following:
Collards - Georgia
Kale - Toscano
Bok Choy - White Stem Pechay
Lettuce - Anuenue
Lettuce - Natividad
Spinach - Bloomsdale Long-standing
Cilantro
Yesterday I planted some seedlings of Swiss Chard - Rainbow around the one Swiss chard plant I have in the garden. The one I have has white stems and veins so I planted some red and orange-stemmed plants just to mix it up a bit.
The collards and kale I planted about a year ago are still growing just fine and producing enough for my needs, but I put in the new seeds because they are bound to get too tall or stop producing sooner or later and I want to have a steady supply.
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