Its May Day

April is finally behind us. What a terrible growing month its been. Temperatures ended up being near average, but it was exceptionally cloudy and rainy. We had a record amount of rainfall for the month of April this year. According to the weather website I use most frequently (wunderground.com), there were a total of 6 days in April without rain. There were also 3 days that were "mostly sunny", 3 days that were "partly sunny", and the rest were all cloudy. Last April was a very good one for the garden, so I think I now have a pretty good idea of what a good April is like and what a bad April is like at the homestead.

The radishes should be the fastest growing thing in the garden. The seed packet says it they should be ready for harvest in 28 days. The picture below was taken 45 days after planting, and 28 days after they sprouted above the soil surface. They are not ready for harvest.

About the only thing that is growing well is the stuff that doesn't need the sun to grow (yet). The onions are getting their energy from onion sets (miniature onion bulbs) and the garlic is growing from garlic cloves that I planted last fall. The onions are the first picture below and the garlic is the second picture.