Last night while I was at the Worcester County Arts Council meeting, Himself came over tilled the small bed 'kitchen' garden.
Here I will plant my herbs, spring onions, garlic, lettuces and spinach.
I'm so excited that it is finally finished now I can do to the business of planting!
Today is Farmer Girl Day at Karols, and we are going to work on the chicken coop and crochet shopping bags out of shopping bags.
She has been so kind as to offer space for melons, pumpkins and corn, so I think if we have some time we will plot out where she will allow us room for this, and see about getting it tilled too.
This morning's frost should be the last of the year, and we can now feel safe to plant.
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Oh honey, you are so late. I've had my manure tilled in since early February happily composting away in the ground. In March I set out my carrots, radishes, onions, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, turnips yellow squash and zucchini and of course peas and lots of them. We've got the other bed tilled and ready to go. Beans are going in this weekend and lots of them. Peppers and tomatoes to follow then the corn. By the time this is coming on we'll be tilling up what I call the spring garden preparing to get our fall crops in. Using wide rows and raising them about six inches above the soil line helps immensely. We don't have the fancy raised beds, we raise them with the tiller.
Don't you just love gardening?
I know I know, I don't own the tiller and being a control freak I have to work very hard on not sounding overbearing and bossy.
So while we first talked about this in January, it has take this long to get it together.
It will be ok, we will get plenty of lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and radishes.
This being the first year for the community garden, we will hopefully get on a good schedule.
I do love gardening...I wish you and your garden great prosperity!
I know I know, I don't own the tiller and being a control freak I have to work very hard on not sounding overbearing and bossy.
So while we first talked about this in January, it has take this long to get it together.
It will be ok, we will get plenty of lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and radishes.
This being the first year for the community garden, we will hopefully get on a good schedule.
I do love gardening...I wish you and your garden great prosperity!
Well so far the garden is doing well. I did lose a bed of brussel sprouts to frost but still have another dozen plants thriving so all is not lost. We lost a few cabbage and cauliflower but not enough to get upset about. We'll put another crop in for fall and make up the loss, I hope.
I made seed tape with carrots and radishes in the same tape. My problem is I can't tell if these seedlings are radishes or weeds. Oh well, time will certainly tell.
We planted 16 pepper plants this weekend. We use a lot of peppers around here. Most of them green a couple red and a couple yellow. We set some herbs out also. I just love working the dirt, it is probably the most peaceful time of day for me, whenever I am out there.
We worked in a community garden down in Va Beach, years ago. It worked out well for awhile then the owners decided to turn it into a "rent a plot" so out the window went the community gardening.
What better way to enjoy time with friends than to spend it in the garden.
We planted Brussel Sprouts too! Plus artichokes, eggplant, leeks, beets, cuc's, peppers, beans, mater's, lots of lettuces, onions, and lots of herbs.
I still have the spinach in the shade garden and bok choy.
I'm so sore I can barely move.
But it is a good hurt.
We are all excited about the garden and looking forward to a fun summer.
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