Today is probably the biggest day in terms of getting things in the ground. Having tilled the back garden, the soil was ready for seed. the nights are still cold, but predictions are about 10° above freezing so we should be relatively safe from frost. By late morning the sun had made the soil surface pretty warm. The outlook for the next few days is gradual further warming with cloudy conditions. Seems like good conditions to keep the ground moist enough to sprout seeds. Here's what I planted:
- Garlic bulbs
- Chives
- Walking Onions transplants
The previous three were planted on either side of a row of beets and will hopefully discourage rabbits. Two plantings last spring were eaten as they sprouted.
- Early Prolific Straightneck Squash (Yellow)
- Burpee Fordhook Zucchini
- Harmony Hybrid Spinach
- Sweet Burpless Hybrid Cucumber
- Waltham Butternut Squash
- Gold Rush Wax Beans
- Lutz Green Leaf Beet
- Short 'n Sweet Carrot
- Sugar Snap Peas
I also put most of my pepper and tomato starts in the ground. that includes:
- Sweet 100 (cherry tomato)
- Pepper Mix (Sweet red and yellow banana shape)
- Jalapeño
- Couple store bought tomatoes for which I saved seed
- Mortgage Lifter Tomato
- Early Girl hybrid
Most of these went in the back garden but I put some extras in the side garden as well. I even filled the space between the Yucca and A/C unit.
Now I just need to keep these things watered until they sprout. In a few days or week I'll need to make some second plantings of stuff like radishes and lettuce.
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