I just put my guys outside today. On the east side of the house. Will keep them shaded from direct sunlight for the next week as they make the transition. Will still bring them in at night for the next week. I love the renewal of a garden.
Found it finally!! Blue mustard (weed). I'll start pulling them by hand a little bit at a time. We've been mowing it since we moved here but comes back every year. I cannot STAND the smell. Blue Mustard (OMG that joke went over my head and I was googling buckwheat)
Well got in 10 more mators last night....so we are at 27 currently... then this morning found out the neighbor got 12 more to plant....... covered up my tators with more dirt... and watered the green beans that are just popping to the surface now.... the garden is almost filled up... by the time I get the last 12 mators in I’ll have enough room to put in another partial line of green beans... then it should be set...
Those tomato plants look really good. You should get a good crop if you can keep the late blight off them. Here in Maine, we get wet humid weather in the late summer. Not good for tomatoes. I have lost my crops several times in a weeks time. If I can keep a cover on them, I avoid the blight. Not easy to do.
You can plant most greens, potatoes, carrots, beets, now if your soil is reasonably drained. If wet and forms a clump, not ready. Tender plants wait till Memorial Day Cucumbers, squashes, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. Hope you plan to put a fence around it. Your chickens will eat all your seedlings in one feeding. Then there are the deer. They eat every garden in the woods. fence has to be high so they won't jump over it. Ever see any groundhogs or rabbits around your place? I planted lots of garlic in with my plants. no bugs and no vermin. Good luck!
Yeah I've pulled plants out here and burned 'em. The last few years I getinto it at some point or other. I'm tempte to go with some kind of rain cover or just give up. They've about outgrown those cups based on how often I have to water them. They either have to go into bigger cups or into the ground. The soil warmed up here quite a bit the two days last week it was 80 degrees so I'll probably plant some. My nieces and nephews usually stop by and take a few. Jeez I was looking at prices in Home Depot, $3.xx per plant - no six packs just individual pots. Smaller than mine. A little greener maybe.
I transplanted some rose bushes yesterday at the cottage. Took them from under tree's overhanging branches; pretty much full shade until mid/late afternoon; and put them along the lake shore. these plants have been established for over 20 years and have struggled. One plant does bloom, but it is the one hat was planted back in the late 60's I think. With all that being said....are there any other special considerations I should know? Would hate to lose the older plant. Thanks!
Just checked: I was surprised to find 63ºF in my hilled beds with my 5 inch thermometer. Up twenty degrees in about two weeks. ( not my pic )
The neighbor watered the mators... I took care of the green beans and rhubarb....and hilled tators a bit this evening... looks like a few heads of broccoli are starting to form too...
