Pepper Planting

 

I planted the peppers in the concrete of our dry soil. Two rows each of Poblano and Anaheim and four rows of Bell Peppers.  Should be enough peppers. 

 We also planted all our summer garden seeds:  Green bean, pinto bean, lima bean, squash, cucumber, okra, and sunflowers.  

 Fortunately, it started to rain the next day, and the forecast is for 7 days of rain.  

I am so relieved to be getting this rain after all that work.  

 

 

 

Tomatoes Planted

Tomato seedlings were getting big and had to go in the ground.  Unfortunately the rain chance dried up, so that is all we put in.  The peppers are easier to water in the greenhouse compared to the garden.  

 

                             David makes the perfect rows, and I sit and plant each seedling.  

 

Planting in four "perfect" rows

      David comes back in and gives them a drink from water collected off the barn roof.

 

Watering the Seedlings

      

 

 Supervisor Ms White

 

May Day Update

Tomato, Pepper and Basil Seedlings

  

Celebrity and Super 100 Tomato

Poblano, Anaheim and Bell Peppers

Genovese Basil

The only thing to write home about in the Spring garden is Spinach!  I don't usually have much luck with Spinach direct sowing.  I think I will start spinach in pots from now on instead of direct sow.   The bok choy and the peas look terrible having not survived our spring drought.  We finally got 2.35 inches April 27 & 28.  

 

Spinach rows 

Spinach for Dinner!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Seedlings Planted and Flowers in Bloom

Peas were planted last week along with all the seedlings we started in the greenhouse last month.  

We have been watering with the hose, but finally got a rain in the overnight (0.27 inch).  

The daffodils and hellebores are blooming profusely.   

Two rows of peas and two rows of spring greens.

Seedlings Up

  

Cabbage seeds have sprouted today as we reached 80F today.  Must be a warm spot, as I found Ms White sleeping there.

Garden 2026

 

Spring Seedlings 

The cold, snowy winter of 26 is finally over, a long cold icy winter.  (Although snow may fall tonight, the next day is forcasted to be warm and will melt any snow or ice quickly)  We enjoyed 70F temperatures on the last day of February, and got into the greenhouse to plant seeds.  These are lettuce, spinach and bok choy seeds.  These seeds were for the Fall 25 Fall garden, but we had such a drought we did not plant a fall garden.  We usually do sow them in the fall as they grow much better than spring.  

The Red Wing Blackbirds have returned to the pond.  We had a hillbilly fire in the evening to view the planet alignment.  But all we saw, due to clouds, was Moon, Jupiter and Saturn.  Moon put on quite a show with the largest halo I ever saw, but it doesn't really show in photo.

Red Wing Blackbirds

Pond at Sunset

Hillbilly Fire

Fire Cat

Moon with Halo

 

Okra

We got 2.3 inches and then another 2.9 inches of rain, and the okra started blooming again.  We found some bell peppers too!!!