P and I worked in the garden this afternoon. He mowed and got the irrigation mostly set up. I planted planted planted.
4 okra plants went into south d.
I replaced the non-starting direct sown squash seeds with starts.
Planted the remaining “healthy” peppers in upper c. Five total between the two beds.
Starting some more leafy greens to plant in the upper beds.
As I do every year I planted “just one more” tomato (red Robin) in a container.
Here’s some progress shots.
I’m very eager to get the tomatoes in the ground- but nights are still getting below 55, and a bad EDS flare up means I’m not walking very well.
So they are mostly in big pots, and all in the greenhouse now, along with the okra and peppers. I gave a couple of cherry tomatoes away- then realized that they will still need supports- so once I can get down to the shed I’ll put a support on my little container tomato.
Planted some more cilantro in the wide pot. I’ve found that I have better luck overseeding, eating them young, then letting the rest go to seed. I have no luck cultivating an adult plant without bolting. The cilantro actually did very well throughout the winter, so I will continue successive plantings for yummy tacos.
Hippity hops.
I’m going to try to start some romaine inside now now that I have space. Maybe I’ll have better luck planting starts.
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Green beans are showing their little heads in south d. A bird pulled at least one out to investigate- adorable monsters. I love green beans- especially the flavor and abundance- but I hate how long they tease you before they have vegetable.
I think that’s it for today- gotta go ice my ankles and “rest”.
Are starting….
I’m getting some ready to debut the studio, but there’s also garden stuff to do.
Today I planted delicata seeds (lower c), butter baby (lower d), yellow squash (lower g) and zucchini (lower g).
I did a bunch of weeding in the lower bed and on the slope. There are a lot of volunteers I don’t recognize- so more weed identifications are coming.
Cooper helped me in the garden, Stevie decided she did NOT want to be outside. Then it started raining.
Progress photos…
Today I moved 2 each of my starts up into bigger pots (free from buy nothing- yay! But had to be cleaned and bleached, boo!) and put them out in the green house. It’s chilly this morning, so hopefully they will do ok.
They had very complete roots, so if we get don’t warmer weather I sound probably transplant some more.
I also planted 2 each of the squash, to give it a head start, and to have backup in case I have another terrible squash year. Those are starting from seed inside (but I’m not going to use the warming pad.)
I also pulled one of the offending Rhodies, and trimmed the other and wrapped the stem in duct tape. P has been so busy I don’t want to add “dig up the plants” to his list. /: I did notice some chewing on Jessica’s (neighbor) tree, so maybe they are already here and I don’t have to feel so guilty.
They, by the way, are root weevils, which I suspect were infesting the fun free rhododendron volunteers I picked up. (sigh). Let’s pray they don’t move on to my other plants.