Tomato Seeds Planted

Last Saturday (June 11th) I planted some Double-Rich tomatoes as well as some cherry tomatoes in Beta. I just planted seeds so they will be a later crop but the soils are actually pretty prime for them.

I also planted Tau with the Yellowstone wildflowers, lavender seeds, and some various others, including morning glories along the fence. Then I planted bells of Ireland on the north end of the pea bed. These are all seeds as well so we will have to be patient!

The yard is doing well, overall. The grapevines are really prospering.

Spinach Harvest

Today we harvested and ate the spinach (3 plants) for dinner. It's 49 days since I planted them. They were huge, and delicious. I could probably plant another round under the peas once those get a little taller. They are blossoming now. The leeks and carrots are 4-5" tall, and the celery is about 3/4".

To Weed

Hi Mom and Dad!

I am thinking that I won't be up yet at the point you want to start gardening, so here's a quick start guide. :)

If you want to weed, please weed:

1. around the vinca vines (northwest fenceline)
2. in Alpha (the bed with the mini spruce and lavender)
3. in Beta (but not the carrots, leeks, marigold, or celery - just the tall weeds)
4. Delta and Epsilon may be weeded as well (= the two west of the peas)
5. Iota and Lambda (the beds flanking the strawberry patch) have cover crops - Mom may be able to identity them. Lambda (the eastern one) has more weeds than Iota. The cover crop in Lambda is Spring Triticale; they have twisted tops, so if you want, you could weed whatever isn't Triticale.
6. of course, the grass in the asparagus beds

If you would still like more, I think we should put that small-grid chicken wire around the strawberries and other berries before the bunny season really hops into gear.

Thanks a lot! Not sure what time I'll be up but see you then. :)

Rose

Time to Plant Tomatoes!

The ground is wet from a heavy rain last night and the soil temperatures are warmer. Tomorrow or Saturday morning I'll be planting tomatoes! I'll be trying them from seed.

The leeks are doing fabulously, and there are a couple baby-baby celery plants coming up. What I thought was celery before was actually marigold plants springing up (five or six of them!). The carrots are also healthy. The spinach is about ready to harvest. The sweet peas and cover crops are doing well, along with the rose bush, the grape vines, and the berry bushes (although I believe those got a bit of a mowing this last time around).