Garden Report for 2021, part 1

2021 was an unusually wet gardening year. I can remember only one other as wet, about twenty years ago, when the rains came in mid-May and the soil was wet through June, making it virtually impossible to plant most vegetables on time to harvest before frost in the fall. 2021 was not wet during planting time, but the rains came in late June after the plants had gotten a good start, and after several more weeks with a lot of rain, many of the plants became moldy and by the end of the year yields were quite a bit lower than normal. These photos show the promising early June beginning of the gardening year, though:

Dry beans beans just starting to emerge, c. June 8th

4 rows snap beans, 2 rows of lettuce and Asian greens, 2 rows of peas (L-R), c. June 8

2 rows potatoes, row kohlrabi + broccoli , row red onions, row kale + cabbage, c. June 8