Making Progress
Tags: Gardening
The weather is finally getting warm enough day after day to dry and warm the soil enough to germinate seeds instead of make them rot in the chill, moist ground.
As of this afternoon, the Lumina pumpkins (white rind), are up and growing. They will make great jack-o-lanterns and projectiles for Punkin' Chunkin' on November 1. Also planted are the usual orange jack-o-lanterns and sugar pumpkins for cooking. Along with those, there are butternut and hubbard squash plants growing in the field. Zucchini and yellow crookneck, too. Again this year I will surround the garden with cheap pumkpin plants to distract the varmints that want a piece of the garden. We do have to think of the wildlife, they need to eat and they enjoy our produce as much as we do.
I've planted in 4 sessions to date and I'm nearly done with putting in the subsequent plantings. Today I put in mizuna Asian greens, spinach, a second round of purple top turnips and a small variety of Hubbard, along with basil and flowers to attract the beneficials. It's tough getting the planting done while swarmed with black flies. Flyn got all muddy again and Lily and I were bitten to distraction so we had a dip in the water before getting back in the truck to go home. The last of the plantings and replantings will go in this week if the weather complies.
The weather is finally getting warm enough day after day to dry and warm the soil enough to germinate seeds instead of make them rot in the chill, moist ground.
As of this afternoon, the Lumina pumpkins (white rind), are up and growing. They will make great jack-o-lanterns and projectiles for Punkin' Chunkin' on November 1. Also planted are the usual orange jack-o-lanterns and sugar pumpkins for cooking. Along with those, there are butternut and hubbard squash plants growing in the field. Zucchini and yellow crookneck, too. Again this year I will surround the garden with cheap pumkpin plants to distract the varmints that want a piece of the garden. We do have to think of the wildlife, they need to eat and they enjoy our produce as much as we do.
I've planted in 4 sessions to date and I'm nearly done with putting in the subsequent plantings. Today I put in mizuna Asian greens, spinach, a second round of purple top turnips and a small variety of Hubbard, along with basil and flowers to attract the beneficials. It's tough getting the planting done while swarmed with black flies. Flyn got all muddy again and Lily and I were bitten to distraction so we had a dip in the water before getting back in the truck to go home. The last of the plantings and replantings will go in this week if the weather complies.