Your celery (and tomatoes in your other post) look so lush and beautiful! Now my plants feel extra delayed after seeing yours.. i guess that is the difference between starting seeds indoors in comaprison to wintersowing/direct sowing? You clearly know what you are doin!
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Thatās really kind but not necessarily accurate 
. Itās been a rough few years converting to no-till with some bad batches of compost that had me harvesting almost nothing for a couple of years. This year, things are magically doing so much better! In the fall I did a late season spray on all my beds of AEAs Revenant Charge, which Iām starting to wonder if thatās a factor. I also dusted a lot of my seeds with their Biocoat Gold mycelium inoculant this spring. Those are the two minor things I did differently from other years, but manā¦ The plants are happy like theyāve never been before. My collards and Asian mustards are HUGE when they were 1/3 that size last year in the same bed. Weāre entering the humid zone where bugs and disease start to flourish, so weāll see what happens next.
Donāt be discouraged! Weāre still so early in the season with plenty of time for plants to catch up
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Thatās the difference between Delaware and maritime BC. Ashley had 90 degree heat weeks ago, and Iām sure her soil temperatures are ahead of us. Donāt worry too much about comparing the growth stage of your plants to people growing in significantly different climates.
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I like to use mycelium too, it seems to help really well.
Wow, sounds like all of your efforts have paid off.. that must be so rewarding! I understand how challenging the transition to no-till can be. Ive been attempting to do just that for multiple years but my soil is still such compacted clay that i have to disturb it in the beginning of the year and a bit throughout the season. I hauled loads of woodchips last year/this spring with my baby on my back and have made sure to cover the ground at all times, plus try out some more cover crops this season. In due time i know itll pay off and i do see slow progress. Im also keeping my inputs to freely sourced so i add horse manure, woodchips, tree leaves, chop and drop, food acraps etc. and hope to slowly build the mycelium and micro-organisms. Either way, Iām happy to see everyoneās beautiful healthy plants.
Thanks for the reminder to not be discouraged. I get impatient sometimes and seeing your garden flourish makes me so excited to see the same in mineā¦ eventually! 
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Hahah yeeeeaaah, even though i know climate has a huge impact on veg growth timing/progress it is still challenging for me not to compare. I feel like it takes forever for my plants to make any substantial growth but i get a harvest every year soā¦ i guess it is like watching water boil
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