It’s been forever since I’ve posted, I know (I know!). Busy summer and busy fall. We are finishing up the canning…just apples and squash left. I’ll post more on the garden totals next time. A really good harvest this year.
I am making it a goal this year to update both this and my And Another Thing blog on a regular basis.
Putting in the garden. Some of the plants got a little nipped by a rogue frost last week, but seem to have survived.
We have doubled the size of the garden this year. The DR Power Tiller has made this possible. We have sections of the garden area that are very heavy in clay. I don’t think we could have increased the size in time for plant with our walk behind tiller. I’ll post pictures later, but here’s a run down of what is planted in the ‘big’ garden so far:
Peas and Beans
Alaska peas (6)
California Black Eyed Cow Peas (9)
Kentucky Wonder Bean (11)
Misc. Veg
Brussel Sprouts (3)
Cauliflower (3)
Golden Acre Cabbage (3)
Green Comet Broccoli (3)
Onion (2)
Peppers
Baby Bell (2)
Excusion II (2)
Flamingo (2)
Garden Salsa (4)
Jalapeno (2)
Marcato (2)
Summer Sweet (2)
Sweet Banana
Valencia Orange (2)
Corn
Honey Pearl (6)
Peaches & Cream (27)
Ruby Red (19)
Sugar Dots (12)
Eggplant
Fairy Tale
Gretel
Tomatos
Alaska Fancy
Amish Paste (7)
Berkley Tie Dye
Big Rainbow (4)
Black Sea Man (4)
Black Zebra
Caro Rich
Carolina Gold (2)
Celebrity
Purple Cherokee (2)
Dr. Wyche
Glacer
Green Zebra (2)
Husky Gold
Jubilee
Mortgage Lifter
Mr. Stripey 92)
Northern Lights (2)
Old German (3)
Primo Red (2)
Red Currant (2)
Roma (2)
SubArctic (3)
Super Bush
Waspinicon Peach
Yellow
Has spring finally arrived in Northern Ohio?
I keep saying to myself that I need to sit down and plan out the expanded garden. It will be roughly 4 times the size of last year and I need to figure out what will go where and when things need to get in the ground.
However, global warming has not arrived in Northern Ohio as yet. And although it is not snowing, there’s a cold rain falling that is right on the edge.
It’s hard to map out the garden when it does not appear it will ever be warm enough to plan anything.
I think I mentioned in my last post that we were planning a much bigger garden this year. Like, much bigger.
Here’s how we are going to make that happen:
Out with the old Troybilt tiller, in with the tow-behind DR PowerTiller.
Oh.
Yeah.
