Pinging the List.
I counted 26 trinidad moruga scorpion seedlings. 18 bhut jolokia seedlings and a bunch more habaneros, fatalis and assorted other superhots. I overplanted because they supposedly have low germination and because I have a track record with seedlings . ahem. We’ll see how many survive to make it into the garden.
Might try putting some tomatoes out Monday morning. And finish up my strawberry beds. I’ve got jicama seeds planted and warm. Next up is the cucurbits. I’m going to add luffa sponges this year.
Next week, the corn, peanuts and sunflowers go out.
Pulled the cold frame to get it ready to store for the summer, and my herb/salad garden is really a herb/salad garden now and not a nursery under the cold frame.
I had to give away lettuce this morning because I can't use it all.
All in all, this will be a productive year if things keep going this well.
/johnny
6-7 weeks to Last Frost...YAY! Protected bulbs & iris coming up; the rest won’t be far behind. Time to give them a shot of food, and maybe divide & reset some of them.
Finished cleaning the beds, re-fertilizing, and replanting the Everlasting Onions. Put about 600 back into the beds, and brought 500 in the house, which are in the process of drying. 1,000 down 5-7,000 to go! (Anybody need/want any? FReep Mail me.)
Some will go to the Battle Mountain Humane Society to plant; they mentioned to us last night at a benefit dinner they would like some. They want to start a small market garden for some badly needed income.
Today, I got 5 85’ rows of the Sugar Snap peas planted; about 2/3 to 3/4 of the seed. I’ll save the rest for a later planting, or in case I need to replant.
Also got the main garden cleaned up & tilled. Discovered a 4X20 patch of wheat I had forgotten I put in last Fall: it was the ‘extra’ seed from planting the main plot.
All 50 of the Egyptian onions I rescued from the landfill last year are up & looking good. I’ll probably have to move them to a more convenient location; they got stuck in where they are by Hobson’s choice in mid season.
Sometime between now & Monday evening, I’ll find out if I have some chicks; or have just been keeping 19 rotten eggs warm. ;-’) That is in addition to however many are under a broody hen. I don’t know how many are under her, as she is serious about her job; I have the scabs to prove it
We’re going to attempt the Three Sisters method of raising corn, beans and squash this year. We bought and started the seeds before we thought of doing that, so the squash might not be satisfactory in terms of shading the ground and conserving moisture. We have no idea what we’re doing.