Past three Weeks:
I have a lot more to do but as I am actually starting a little earlier than on average, and the fact that I uncovered three large toads, up North, still waiting for soil to warm so they could hit the road again, I do not feel bad about that.
I put in some of the potatoes up North:
Agata
Grand Duke
Sinatra
Satina
I collected far, far more leaves than normal for rose protection last fall, so I have a lot of extra bags of leaves; may put then extra deep on the potatoes , as I have a bad feeling about rain this year.
I put in one spicey chile, and three varieties of Sweet.
Buy them in six or four packs is cheaper but you get more than one wants.
Planted my Rakkyo, Candy, Cipollini Gold Coin Onions and Conservator Shallots.
I was too lazy/cheap to put bird (squirrel) food on the ground, so some critter has zapped my cauliflower and Broccoli plants. (Putting critter food on the ground has saved my early garden for decades. I should have known better.)
Up North I also put in 4 larger sized tomatoes; Green Zebra is my favorite but no one has it and talking to a person who sets up temp. garden shops, it is not available whole sale up here now.
Every thing I fully pre-intended to plant down South is now in the garden.
I planted the potatoes, 98.6 percent carry overs down there, and then uncovered the roses and put the leaves on the potatoes.
I planted the potatoes in the lessor production side of the garden because I did not want to have to cart the leaves any farther than absolutely necessary.
The South garden was HEAVILY hit with 30-0-10 fertilizer because I had it and was curious to see if that makes any difference.
Garden was roto-tilled twice, partly for weed control the second time, so it is mixed into the soil.
I have approx. 35 hills each in the North and South gardens.
I planted some ButterCup Squash and a pot of cucumbers but as of now the rest is Corn and Potatoes.
Corn planted was:
World's Largest Giant Corn Seeds
Seneca Red Stalker
Tuxepeno
Hickory Cane
Boone County White Dent
Goliath Silo Field Corn
Eureka Ensilage Dent Corn.
Zanadoo Sweet Corn
Martian Jewels Sweet Corn
Tuxana Sweet Corn
Double Red Sweet Corn
Plots are unevenly sized but on average, guessing, Seven by five.
My neighbors gave me a packette of Sun Flowers, so I did transplant two volunteer Sun Flowers and planted six Mammoth Sun Flowers.
I have two small open spots I may put some thing else in but as of now I am far more concerned about enough rain and the stinkin Turkeys.
Today I start to finish the North Garden which will be mostly corn though I will have to replace the Cauliflower and Broccoli.
Did put in six green snap beans of which 4 are coming out of the ground .
Looks to be a good year for onions so far but we need rain .
My Dad always planted some flowers so I am putting a goodly amound of Zinnias and Marigolds this year.