Some people are weekend warriors; I am a weekend farmer–at least this weekend. Saturday morning I planted 225 pepper seeds and then finished transplanting the broccoli/cabbage plants (They have been mixed up, so I will be surprised later when we find out what they actually are.) I wasn’t able to finish up everything because I ran out of potting soil. That’s okay, though, because I’ve also run out of windows for all my crops!
local newspaper–the gift that keeps on giving
Sunday morning I went to Piper St with the intention of spending an hour. I arrived at 9 A.M. and didn’t end up leaving until 1:15 P.M. What was accomplished? I double-dug the north bed and the far west bed; dug half of another bed and then transplanted five clumps of chives that were growing throughout the yard. I also dropped off the firepit I bought from Laura and trimmed around the entire tree area. About 11:3o Kim dropped by on her bicycle to help with onion transplanting. We planted two rows. There are easier ways of getting food. We still have more to plant, but that was enough for one day. Note to self: buy onion sets next year. Transplanting DINKY little onion seedlings that have been grown from seed is tedious work. Did I mention that it was tedious? It is tedious. Yep.
I did not take a pic of the garden today, but will try to get it tomorrow afternoon. I’m sure it will look simply spectacular after the four hours of gentle rain we had today. Just a note: temps are predicted to be unseasonably cool for this entire week–nightly lows in the mid-30’s!
