Wow! I mean really WOW. My feet are so sore, my legs hurt but a quick look outdoors at how things are going makes me feel better! This weekend we planted:dill(3 varieties Bouquet, Dukat, and Mammoth),cilantrobasiltomatoes(in the ground)eggplant (a cheat! We purchased some ichiban, a personal favorite for stir fry)Bell pepper (another cheat, simply because we’re afraid of our own not growing enough to plant and produce later)Sweet alyssum (cheated
Well I really feel horrible to say this but my tomatoes and some of my pepper seedlings have died. I think in the end it was the cooler temperatures that I subjected them to one day and then over watering. Plain and simple. The plants that have started coming back I haven’t watered at all for about 2 weeks, if you can believe that! I still have some of my
First the wonderful news! Remember the onion from the blog entry “You learn something new everyday”. I planted the bottom of a green onion (also called a scallion) and discovered it would grow. Well this is how it’s doing now! So it appears that not only is this possible to do, but it’s easy as pie, and the onions grow superfast! I can see no more buying green onions in
Or just about anyhow. All 4 large beds are now done, the two smaller okra are built but one of them needs soil added. No big deal. Two weeks from now we’ll add more. I’m still debating if nasturiums are going in with the okra or pansies? Either way, I have to get the seeds started soon.Here’s what we have thus far. Bed 4 is all the way to the
Well we’ve got the raised beds allllllmoost done. We have the okra bed and the melon bed out front to complete. Come April we’ll also have the potato condo to worry about. Still though, progress is being made. Edward finished the next raised bed which will be our home for 3 different varieties of tomatoes, 3 different varieties of cucumbers, 1 variety of eggplant, and possibly basil. All depends on
Last year when we moved into our house we had massive issues when planting. Of course, first we really didn’t have the money to invest a whole lot in a garden. But also we knew the soil was pretty bad but we didn’t really know HOW BAD it was. I’ve been working with veggies, fruits and flowers for some time now but I don’t think I ever recall having the
Last night I planted two varieties of Swiss chard; Fordhook Giant and Organic Red & White. Two varieties of Spinach; Bloomsdale & Renegade Hybrid. I want to also start some seedlings of Arugula but I don’t know if I have the room!!! As it stands I need to start my herbs. I have Feverfew that I use to treat headaches and then my cooking herbs to get started. So far
Last year we had MASSIVE ISSUES with water retention so this year we plan to build raisedbeds(hence the boards at the front of the garden) Also last Autumn we took whatever leaves we could find and put them in the garden area in hopes they would break down and create a better soil. Now they’re still in the process but we’ll see what happens come summer time! This is what
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