This weekend was a productive one, especially with our near 80 degree weather on Sunday! Not only did we celebrate Hannah's birthday but we planted our first plants in the ground! Terry planted some Napa Cabbage and some lettuce into the upper bed in the garden and so far it looks like it has survived the heavy rains.
Terry and Liz also planted a bed of our lettuce blend which we hope to harvest in the next 3-5 weeks. We should be able to get about 3 cuttings from each planting.
Signs of life are showing now including rhubarb...
peonies...
and garlic, planted in late October of last year!
What looks below like some crabgrass is actually our winter rye crop. It is a cover crop and was planted in late October last year and the idea is that you till it into the soil and it adds organic matter and nutrients. We also sent in some soil samples from our garden this year and we added sulpher to this area to help lower the pH.
As all areas of the garden are still not ready to be planted, we still have plenty of flats that are growing strong in the basement under the grow lights. They were happy to get some sunlight and wind this weekend. The wind is great because it helps to strengthen the seedlings before they go into the ground.
Terry has finished digging up the new areas of the garden and the new fence posts were pounded in and await the deer fence to be attached!
Until next week...
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