It has been unbelievably wet. No rain for 3 days and the ground is still unworkable. It rained 20 of 30 days in April.
I planted spinach and oregano yesterday (May 3) and zucchini today in our 2nd garden. An old 14×13 six inch thick cement pad is being chopped up with a sledgehammer. Slow, strenuous, sore work but in its place will be an expansion of our garden in our back yard.
Doug
26 May 2008
Another row of radishes were planted since the first row will be harvested within the week. The potatoes were side-dressed with 12-12-12 fertilizer. Yeah for the strawberries as they are showing many blooms. The spinach is near harvesting for baby spinach – next weekend. We have had below normal temperatures for the past several weeks. Onions are a foot high and looking good!
The field corn around us is several inches high already.
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a = asparagus (mary washington, 2 yr)
b = beans (blue lake bush 274)
B = big boy tomatoes
c = corn (early sunglow, yellow)
C = red chili pepper
cu = cucumbers
J = jalapeno pepper
k = kennebec potatoes
L = lettuce
o = Roma tomatoes
O = onions (yellow)
r = red pontiac potatoes
R = radish (cherry belle)
s = strawberries (June bearing, All star #1)
S = spinach (baby)
t = carrots (Nantes)
y = yukon gold potatoes
Y = yellow bell pepper (Golden California Wonder)
z = zucchini