I am still trying to get our garden together. UGH! I was sweating gallons last night. I probably have about 4 more rows to hoe. Then ofcourse I will be preoccupied all summer trying to weed out the ever advancing crab grasses (ever heard of aligator grass?) and turning the sprinkler on and off.
I have had a hard time finding a good source of seeds to fill in my garden but I did find some. I put in some parsley, butternutt squash and turnips yesterday. We'll see if they take...
I still have iceberg lettuce seeds, and parsnips to put in. I'll also probably try and start more tomatoes soon. I doubt we will be able to harvest much of this.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Growin'
Hey Y'all I'm growing corn!
This next photo shows about half our garden. The rain has been sparce, but the last two days it has finally cooled off and some rain has fallin'. Good thing two since we are on water restriction and I can only legally irrigate on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. We have planted corn, carrots, green onions, leeks, basil, chives, dill, brussell sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, spinach, lettuce, arugula, tomatoes, cantaopes, watermelons, pumkins (pie), peas, zucchinni and yellow squash. We also have some volunteer cucumbers.
This next photo shows about half our garden. The rain has been sparce, but the last two days it has finally cooled off and some rain has fallin'. Good thing two since we are on water restriction and I can only legally irrigate on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. We have planted corn, carrots, green onions, leeks, basil, chives, dill, brussell sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, spinach, lettuce, arugula, tomatoes, cantaopes, watermelons, pumkins (pie), peas, zucchinni and yellow squash. We also have some volunteer cucumbers.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Tiller Magic
Farmer Mark went in on a tiller rental with the neighbor and tilled me up a garden more than four times the size of last years.
THe compost pile in the picture yeilded some great soil we incorporated into the garden and I have started a new compost pile off to the left. Unfortunately I think my dog Bluew ate most of the last round of kitchen scraps I put out there (yuck!).
This picture shows some of the old gardeninthe lower right corner. I forgot about hoeing rows and put stuff in and the drought has been trying to kill them since. I hear it has been the Driest May since the 1950's. Now that I have a nicely tilled area I feel like I have to fix the other one up, maybe move the plants and hoe some rows. Suggestions welcome.
Until the tiller showed up I had been going out each evening I could and turning a bigger garden one shovel full at a time. when I saw how fast the tiller did it I was almost sick to my stomach. Good exercise at least. Now the hoeing exercise starts.
THe compost pile in the picture yeilded some great soil we incorporated into the garden and I have started a new compost pile off to the left. Unfortunately I think my dog Bluew ate most of the last round of kitchen scraps I put out there (yuck!).
This picture shows some of the old gardeninthe lower right corner. I forgot about hoeing rows and put stuff in and the drought has been trying to kill them since. I hear it has been the Driest May since the 1950's. Now that I have a nicely tilled area I feel like I have to fix the other one up, maybe move the plants and hoe some rows. Suggestions welcome.
Until the tiller showed up I had been going out each evening I could and turning a bigger garden one shovel full at a time. when I saw how fast the tiller did it I was almost sick to my stomach. Good exercise at least. Now the hoeing exercise starts.
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