The beets I transplanted did in fact sprout new leaves about a week after they were moved. The old stems and leaves are retaining water but continue to wither.
Transplanted Beets sprout new baby leaves.
The carrots are showing signs of recovery as well. They do not have new growth like the beets but some of them are holding themselves fully up and off the ground again.
Transplanted Carrots are recovering.
The broccoli and brussels sprouts are unfolding gorgeous full leaves that get bigger by the day. A new set of holes began appearing on them. When I looked closer I discovered a small green worm. An hour later I had picked off eight total. They have not done enough damage to make an impact on the plants - yet. It could be time for the Garlic Fire Spray.
Look close - can you see the worm?
See the worm on my finger tip?
One more snap shot of the whole garden just a few days before Christmas.
As it would turn out, my garden pests were tiny snails. These guys are easy to spot and to pick off plants while weeding. Because of that I did not make the Garlic Fire Spray.
San Diego has been rainy and sunny and then rainy and sunny again. It was perfect. I was pulled hard into a work project in November that left me running out the door with barely a splash of water on my face let alone standing with a hose in the garden. But that is life and I want to thank Mother Nature for being there for me in my time of need! :)
Everything grew in abundance. And I do mean - everything! The surrounding dirt has spawned legions of singing nettle. This made my gardening in flip flops idea a .... well, flop.
Behind it all was a lovely, and very crowded, garden of thriving vegetables.
It was clearly time to make a little space so that everyone could stretch out. So began the process of thinning the carrots and beets. What came out of the ground was so cute I had to take a picture.
To help me be sure I was thinning properly I used these two videos as reference.
After thinning :)
I had this pile of pulled baby beets and carrots that just seemed too much of a waste to throw away. I looked around on line to find out if anyone had ever replanted them. I found a lot of debate on the topic but ultimately learned that some might take so I decided it was worth the chance.
I had three asparagus plants that were purchased in pots who had remained in pots over the last two months. After noticing they were not looking their best I decided to put them in the garden. Especially now that I had made some room for them.
Time to check in on the cast of characters!
Beets
Carrots
Brussels Sprouts
Broccoli
Elephant Garlic --- Smells like garlic already by the way!
Two more shots to take it all in.
Transplanted beets to the left and thinned garden to the right.
The small square marked by rocks are the replanted carrots.
