Sagacity Garden: Thirty is a Crowd

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.

Replanted Beets

Replanted Carrots

Can it really be done? Here is one answer.

Next it put my Asparagus in the ground!

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!