Category: Planting

More planting

Put out tomato cages and planted some squash from seed between the starts, more okra seeds in the okra bed.

Planted the runner beans

Some borage below the plum tree (and a couple of alyssum seeds). And threw some lupine seeds under the purple rhododendron.

Picked picked another big batch of rhubarb for making wine. (“3 lbs 9.5oz”). He’s already made an upside down cake.

Things are looking good. It’s going to be 80+ today again so i watered everything.

And more asparagus

Planting day

I’m very happy with how my starts are looking.

Lots of planting today. The weekend is going to be in the 80’s, nights over 50. I hope I’m not jumping the gun!

Green and yellow beans planted.

Peppers (healthy, jalapeño 2, mini bell 2) and tomatillos 3

Tomatoes (nova 2, legend 1) and okra (clemson 3, jambalaya 3)

Added a sungold to the nova.

One of each pepper in a bag (healthy, waltz, jalapeño, mini bell, anaheim)

Squashes look oh-kay. I might add a seed to each for backup.

Progress from the last week

I’ve been doing some basic things in the yard. I moved one Nova and one tomatillo into season starters, they seem to be doing ok, so are the squash. I put another patty pan and delicata on the slope, but the season starters won’t work there so I made a cover from a basket and plastic and I open it when i open the greenhouse every day.

So much

Honestly, I’ve been working in the garden more days than not. I spends hours weeding, working the soil, watering, planting… It’s good. It feels like good work that I’m doing. I know I’m making progress, doing things i wouldn’t do otherwise- of course it doesn’t seem to be enough… never… but anywho.

Yesterday I planted 6 more squash with season starters. I have a couple more plants I’ll try to put along the driveway

Definitely easier to fill those around a bucket.

Today I did a ton of weeding- the upper slope and main slope. P prepped a couple of beds for tomatoes.

The tiny gray cat pooped in my pea box, so that’s annoying. I put some baskets in the planter to make it less appealing.

I’m feeling the usual antsiness to get things in the ground- coupled with a little extra “should I plant everything because it may be hard to get fresh foods?” P is being his usual supportive self and saying “sure!” to everything, but I know he’s a little anti (growing) potatoes and quinoa (“too much work for the payoff”)

I am very glad that i am already gardening- most of the seed companies arent filling orders anymore, and it’s tricky to buy plants. This is a weird world we are living in.

I am very happy to have the garden to pour all my energy into.

More mulching, planting, shenanigans

We mulched a bunch more yesterday, made some progress.

Today i planted beets, carrots, and parsley in South C (which I prepped with more soil and compost yesterday.

There were actually some tiny onion and leek sprouts from my seeds, i added the tiny “winter sowed” sprouts to the bare spaces.

Next year- start winter sow earlier, January?, and make sure to water.

something went digging in my peas. It looks like an animal of some sort. The sprouts are mostly intact, just buried.

Arugula is bolting. I guess it flowers based on time?

Squashes

Dear Future Alison- the correct date to start squash seeds is early April, not early March.

I put a few seedlings out with season lengtheners.

Hopefully they survive.

I also put azomite and dry fertilizer with them.