May Plantings

Bean Field

Last weekend, May 10th, David planted this bean field:  Lima, green, red, black, white and pinto.  I planted seeds in the upper garden of basil, cucumber, okra, summer squash, along with my Dutch cabbage seedlings.  Now I sit here listening to the rain and I am a happy gardener.  Peas should make and the strawberries are coming on!

Kale planted on the 29th of April

in anticipation of a rain the 30th.  All the cabbages looks great as well as lettuce.  Spinach is a failure as always.  Swiss Chard came up along with chinese cabbages.  I started the kale in the green house, and I think there are some seeds in the ground too, which came up sparse.

Night bunny has eaten everything I bought at Fayette Seeds, carrot celery and cabbages.  He has left the peas alone...but probably can not get through the maze of chicken wire I put up for the peas to climb on.  The electric mesh will not keep bunny out this year like last year.  My theory is he is fenced in there with the vegtables, but David disagrees.

Garden on the Ides of April

Peas are up and looking good

Cabbage seedling were planted on Sat and rain watered them on Sun

Been cold here and onions have not grown much.  
Lettuce and Spinach just came up, planted on April 4th.
My row of Mullien in the onion plot! 

Garden 2015 Begins

Finally, the soil dried up enough to make furrows and plant peas!  We had a long, cold winter with two 1 foot snowstorms in February, and the soil was quite saturated.  However, we finally had 3 warm, dry days and it is spring break!  So I took Wednesday off to plant 6 rows of Green Arrow peas, 3 rows of Candy Onions, 2 rows of Lancelot Leeks and a row of new, All Star Strawberries.  I bought my seeds and plants this year from E&H in Monroe, IN.

Garlic rows

Relish and Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie made with almond flour crust...2 C almond flour 4T butter and 1/2 C almond milk.         

Relish ingredients with varying spice combinations + 1 C vinegar and 1/2 C sugar.                              

Final count is 117 pints of tomatoes