I made a decision about how to mark the survivors of this year’s planting. I’m also trying to keep track of how many grew from how many seeds (when I can recall).
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A solo slug.
2018 plantings list update
First corn sighting
After we picked up our second rain barrel today, we went out to plant the remaining starters I had purchased prior, and I noticed what looks like an awfully promising baby stalk of corn breaching the ground. This made me so happy.
One of our tomato seed spots seemed a bit dug up. I’m glad I used the toilet tissue rolls, as that seems to have deterred the digger from doing more than unearthing down to the top of the roll. Time will tell.
A third scarlet runner appears…
The third scarlet runner bean unfurled above the dirt line today. No sign of the third black turtle bean, though.
11 June Plantings update.
I updated the “planting soon” list & 2018 Plantings page.
Two of three black turtle beans have broken through, as have two of three scarlet runner beans. No sign of life yet from the corn–still worried the Acorn Bombers got those. I caught one sniffing around the strawberries today. You bet I shooed it! Continue reading “11 June Plantings update.”
Watering, snipping grass, neglected compost and old foe skeletons
I did manage to get some time outside yesterday to do more than a round of watering. Compared to last year, I’m consistently using three “can fills” per water from the rain barrel so far, where last year we barely needed just the one. Most of that is due to the kitchen garden related plants, as well as trying to encourage some perennials that didn’t overwinter very well. We haven’t been able to pick up the new rain barrel we paid for, but will when schedules align. We haven’t needed it yet, so I’m not agonizing over the lack of pickup, if it matters.
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Update on growing bits and seeds — second week of June ’18
Bought two plant seeds this week, black eyed susans and bachelor buttons. I did manage to get them in a planter for the time being. I’m still wary of the squirrels, though the susan seeds are so tiny they can’t possibly want to steal those, right? I’m going to try stagger sowing them a bit, though not by much because the start is already pretty darn late this year. (Hullo, June!) So I only did some of each to start. Continue reading “Update on growing bits and seeds — second week of June ’18”
