This week in garden photos - first week of May

Our three beehives have been active this week!  Photo below captures a honeybee collecting pollen from overwintered kale that has gone to flower.  Notice the yellow pollen basket on her hind leg.  This is where the bee stores pollen to take back to the hive.

Garlic has grown dramatically in the last seven weeks!  Photo below was taken March 17. 

Check out the garlic as of yesterday, May 7!  Typically we harvest garlic for drying late May/early June.

Below, flowering chamomile near our Wash and Pack.  Last fall we planted  perennial herbs yarrow and chamomile in a partial bed.  This planting is part of our "farmscaping" - an intentional planting of flowering plants to provide  food and habitat for beneficial insects (insects that either help pollinate or help control garden insects that are damaging garden crops).

Potting up of tomatoes and eggplant plants. Earlier this week, small seedlings were replanted into individual pots or larger celled trays.  Repotting gives the plants space and room to grow bigger while they are in the greenhouse.

Happy Spring!  Stephanie Meyers, MKG Farm Manager