Sisyphus Acres

Well, the veggie garden et al...

Finally able to get back here to chat about the veggie garden...we've got most of the seed planted, finishing up this week, and the plants will be laid in this coming week (last frost date is this week...lost my first set of basil plants to frost on Monday...grrr...dropped some more in yesterday)

So for the veggie garden ~ the garlic is looking amazing, the radishes are coming ready, probably by next week, first batch of carrots have sprouted, as has the spinach.  Leeks are looking nice.

We planted seed this past weekend, and wow, things are happening fast ~ the peas are up, as are the green, yellow and purple beans.  Kidney beans and cranberry beans are also sprouted.  The cukes, beets, turnip and rutabaga are also up.  Sunflowers have popped their heads as have the okra.  The lettuces have started to sprout, will plant another succession this coming week.  Waiting on the "fooled you jalapenos" (jalapenos without the heat).  We are planting the corn Thursday with the broccoli and the cabbage.  We also have squash, pumpkins, melons and zucchini to plant this week.  Potatoes (9 lbs of seed) and onions (180 of 'em) follow, as do the brussel sprouts, tomato and sweet pepper plants.  I'll be planting another succession of carrots in about 2-3 weeks. 

My knee is steadily getting worse so planting has been relegated to hannah mostly ~ I pop the holes in the plastic and she comes behind me to plant the seeds.  I can't really get down and up~ It annoys me (and her I'm sure...lol).  3 weeks 'til the surgery, I can't wait.

Last night we planted some more calendula in the herb garden, first batched junked by a late frost.  The Jerusalem artichokes are beginning to pop up.  Hannah harvested some of the mints and lemon verbena to fresh pack some tea for a friend of hers.  I packed off a lot of dried teas last night ~ the iron-close tea bags are so handy!!

The violets in the herb garden are bright and sunny, I may make some violet jelly soon, if I have enough blossoms...My quince has flowered and it is simply stunning ~ beautiful coral-peach blooms!  My high bush cranberry is looking marvelous, hope it flowers this year!  Looks lik my fruit trees will make me wait another year until they produce...most of them ar under 5 years old, but I am impatient :-)  Elderberries do not seem to have woken up yet, but we'll see.  I do need to drop 2 nectarines in ~ maybe tonight before my historical Society meeting....

We spruced up "Tyler and Megan's Waiting Rock garden" ~ a garden my neice and nephew from texas planted when they came up last year.  They planted it around a big rock they called the "waiting rock" ~ we made a sign for it and everything!

The perennial garden is shaping up too ~ we've got one end revamped and ready to plant got a few gaillardia's in, and a jocob's ladder.  I'll post the plans for that garden at some point...

Well off to a conference call, will chat later!

Oh, and soon I'll be posting some "before" pictures of the gardens, and then more as the season progresses...

Simply yours, val

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{ 06:52, 2008-Jun-30 } { Posted by CandyFoote }

I love the garden season!
Don't you???

Candy