My back aches, my arms are sore, and my feet are FILTHY! I've been working in the garden!
Benjy got the ground all ready - and by the way, sectioned off more area, doubling the square footage we had last year. It's going to be crazy!
And then we had a string of warm days and I finally couldn't stand the temptation any more - I went to D&B Supply and plunked down $20! Now we have strawberries, onions, and spearamint in the ground. I'm starting cucumbers, zuchini, summer squash, carrots, cilantro, basil, green beans, and sugar snap peas from seed because how else are we going to economically fill this massive garden space with plants?!? We'll see how it goes. The trick will be keeping Riley away from it all. Last year I tried to start things from seed but gave up after I went out to the backyard one day and found 15 little mounds of dirt all over in the grass where Riley had dumped out each seed pot. I was only gone for 2 seconds!
04.18.2012
Cucumbers, zuchinni, and summer squash starts are growing like crazy. The basil looks good too. Looks like the green beans and sugar snap peas aren't going to sprout - will have to try again. I'm not sure if the onions are going to make it, I've apparently been over-watering. Oops.
05.14.2012
I now have zuchini, summer squash, cucumbers, watermelon, and peppers in the ground. About half of the onions have come back to life. A few of the carrots sprouted and there are flowers on the single raspberry bush. AND 4 tomato plants are in the ground - the beginnings of my tomato jungle!
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| (Keep this picture in mind for a stunning before-and-after comparison) |
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| Roma tomato plant - fresh salsa, anyone? |
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| Green pepper plants |
Nine tomato plants have made it through transplant and are putting out new leaves. One even has a flower! Seven little watermelon plants are working on their fourth set of leaves. Somehow there are six cucumber plants out there in the garden - I don't know how that happened. Didn't I say that was too many last year and that I was certainly NOT going to plant that any again? The spearamint plants are growing like crazy and we've been enjoying fresh-brewed iced tea with it. We've also had several salads from the lettuce and spinach starts that a friend gave us - she came over with two shovel-fulls of garden in a cardboard box, we stuck it in a planter and that was that! Instant salad.
Sadly, the green beans and sugar snap peas never made it. Riley is an aggressive waterer. But it's not too late so I'm going to try again. IT'S NOT EVEN JUNE YET! Besides, who could turn down helpers like these?
I love the fact that I will get to enjoy your bountiful (hate that word) surplus in a month or two! YUM.
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