Cold Morning

It was cold this morning and very overcast. It's 2 p.m. now and the sun is shining. Thank goodness.

Ginger arrived around 10 a.m. to help in the garden. We put up five trellises for the peas and beans. They are looking great! Also planted beans where the seeds did not sprout. I did the same for the peas a few days ago.

Planted celery and arugula near the peas and beans. Super Thrived all and watered all. The corn is looking great. All the zucchini, cuke and squash seedlings took up on the hillside. The cherry tomatoes that I transplanted are also doing well. Can't say the same for the bell peppers-3 survived & 3 didn't. Thank goodness I have more seedlings that will soon be ready for transplanting.

Planting, planting, planting

Only one helper today, Juna, but boy, did we get a lot done. Made a trench for 6 Yukon gold seed potatoes in Garden #1. Covered them with soil and made a mound for each. Planted another zucchini on the hillside. The other plants are all doing well. Planted a 2nd row of broccoli next to the other one in the Raised Bed. Then we planted 2 rows of cauliflower, followed by 2 rows of pak choi. I also planted more peas where they failed to come up. Of course, I Super Thrived everything.

Some of t he transplanted peppers did not survive, for whatever reason. Good thing I have more seedlings which will be ready for planting very soon. I also planted basil in 3 containers. We had so much basil last year. I must remember to make more pesto sauce and freeze it for the winter.

Seven mounds of earth on a hillside. Each one has a little treasure: zucchini, squash and cucumber all growing on my hillside. That was the project for today. They are all doing well. Also, watered everything. The soaker system seems to have survived one season. Sometimes they get clogged up. So far, so good. I now have seedlings f or corn, turnips, beets, carrots, peas, beans, cherry tomatoes and bell peppers. The Brandywine and Beefsteak seedlings are starting to sprout in their little containers. They will be ready to transplant in a few days. I hope it rains tonight. It would be so good for the plants.

Gardening day again, and it didn't even rain this morning. Although, I hope it rains tonight or tomorrow. It will be so great for all the newly planted vegetable seeds and seedlings. Three people and myself worked in the garden today. We transplanted 5 cherry tomato seedlings and seven bell pepper plants into the gardens today. We planted radishes and broccoli. We added compost, mycorrhizal fungi, mulch and watered everything with Super Thrive. For the tomatoes I put in 2 Tbs of Tomatoes Alive in each hole before transplanting the cherry tomato.

Sprayed everything, even flowers with Neem oil, which is a fungicide, insecticide and miticide. (2 tsp per gallon of water, foliar). Best to prevent infestations before they begin. However, in the herb garden I found leaf hoppers. It looked as if they had all just hatched or were about to. The Neem oil didn't seem to affect them, so I gave them a dose of Diatamaceous earth, that powder that kills insects. Let's see what happens in the next few days.

I'm so excited, I just can't hide it!

Everything is starting to come up in the garden. I must admit that I'm excited. In the ground, there are peas, beans, turnips(only planted last week) and corn. In small pots-cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini and eggplant. It's still too soon to transplant the newly emerged seedlings. Maybe next week.

Hoping to garden tomorrow, but the forecast is for rain. Great for all that's planted, but I have so much more to plant--broccoli, cauliflower, pak choi, radishes, potatoes.

I even have worm castings to add to Garden #1. Those hungry voles ate my earthworms. Darn them!

What a garden we're going to have this summer!

Wow, did we work hard today!

And we got so much done. First, Mazyar worked on the hillside, where I will soon be planting all the zucchini, squash, watermelon, cantaloupe and cucumbers. He mixed in gypsum (to improve the texture of the soil) and compost. Then we planted all the above vegetables in small containers to be placed on the heating mat, to be transplanted later. Nisha and Flora turned the large compost pile in my yard and then they, along with Juna, planted mache, salad bowl lettuce, royal oak leaf lettuce, beets, chard, turnips and carrots.

Just puttered around the garden today. Didn't plant any more vegetables. I did feed the jasmine near the fountain and I watered everything. I put the cherry tomatoes in the sun today. It's so great to see the little seedlings and the blossoms on the fruit trees.