I got the garden in a few days ago. It looks a bit sparse yet, but it will fill in soon. So far I haven’t lost anything I’ve planted – sometimes I have to replace a plant or two. I have extra seedlings for most things though. I doubled my garden space from last year, but I ended up running out of room for some things I had planned on growing. I didn’t plant any corn, or peas. Corn doesn’t usually do too well (we get a few good ears) since we can’t grow enough to get a really decent crop – maybe that’s a project for a few years down the road – making a corn patch somewhere. I planted 4 watermelon plants, 2 cantaloupe, and 2 pumpkin plants – so those took up a lot of the room. I think it will be a good garden though. Here are some pictures:
Here is the night before I planted everything. I got my pathways ready (a bunch of cardboard strips – once weighed down they make great weed-free paths and they break down over time.The seedlings waiting to go in.Here are the tomatoes. I put 16 plants into the garden, 8 different varieties.Here are the tomatoes the next day – a few looked a little floppy, but a nice drink of water perked them up.I’m trying something new this year – these are the watermelon and cantaloupe plants. We’re using animal feed bags as weed-proofing. I cut a hole in the middle and planted each seedling there. We’ll see how this works. I saw a tip about this somewhere, probably in Mother Earth News magazine.Here are rows of herbs, cauliflower, and peppers. I started to run out of room at the end so they’re a bit cramped, but I think they’ll grow ok. It may just be a bit hard to get to them all once grown.Here is the planted garden. I have a lot of things I put in as seeds, such as beans, zucchini, chard, and other stuff.Another pic of the garden. It will be nice to compare this pic to one taken a few weeks from now.
I’m glad the garden is in. Now I just have to keep ahead of the weeds.
My tiny u.p. farm 