I’m not sure it’s ever going to feel like summer. So much rain makes it feel like spring.
The last storm brought 5 inches in a couple of hours. We had a river flowing across the driveway. We are so glad that we laid more gravel in the spring for a smoother drive & no more moat.
Well I was going to share how my garden was doing today. I seriously considered not doing that because it is really been an yucky week.
Hay in place and ground is ready for plants!
The deep mulch of hay on the garden to keep the weeds from getting out of hand was in place. We were ready to plant tomatoes & peppers! I got most of them in the ground. I knew it was going to rain so that seemed like a great thing to have gotten done!
And then it started raining . . . .and it really never stopped.
See my sad little tomato plants? They don't like their feet so wet.
I started to dig canals to direct the water away from the plants.
Did I mention I planted 30 tomato plants???
Yeah I ran out of steam before I was done. Steve helped and then Joshua helped to finish it up.
I think he actually had a blast playing in the mud.
So far this week things are drying out! I can't wait to see some sunshine again and be able to plant the rest of the plants & seeds for our Garden Plan for 2015.
**Update on August 1** The canals saved the tomatoes! We have green plants and lots of little green tomatoes. I think we are 2-3 weeks behind "schedule" which means the harvest is coming! I'm just glad the plants survived the "flood"
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2014 was the first year we planted a garden at our new place.
When we moved in in September of2013 there were cucumbers, tomato & pepper plants that the previous owner had planted. We really benefited from the produce because the garden spot was very productive!
You wouldn't expect to be unpacking boxes and canning tomatoes at the same time but that year some how we did both.
In 2014, we decided to try something new and make Square Foot Garden's after reading the book by Mel Bartholomew.
You might ask why we would do that if the garden spot was so productive. We had our reasons.
SF Garden #1 had broccoli, cabbage & cauliflower & lettuce in it. All did well except the cabbage. I didn't keep it watered enough. It was the first year we grew cabbage so I think this year it will be easier. *fingers crossed*
SF Garden #2 had acorn squash, spinach, green beans & peas in it. Acorn squash were small but again it was a watering issue.
SF Garden #3 & 4 were identical. Cherry tomatoes(which went crazy), carrots, beets, peppers & okra. These beds were even farther away from the house so again water was an issue. The carrots & tomatoes did fine. The rest were not as fortunate. The beets did nothing and the peppers never got any fruit.
In July we were gone on vacation for a whole week & had a friend watering. My tomatoes got blight and never really recovered. NEVER had to deal with that before. Then my mom got a lot worse & passed away. In August, I got a fungal infection in my eye(which led to a cornea transplant in December) and basically all gardening stopped. So I'm expecting a much better garden in 2015. But I wanted to list what we planted last year to show that you can get quite a variety of plants in a very small space.
We also planted pumpkins, watermelon, & cantaloupe in the "regular" garden space. My main reason for doing this was to keep the weeds from taking over. We planted our seeds and managed to much half of the garden with grass clippings. You guessed it that half of the garden did great and the other half was a weed patch. Even with just half of the garden doing well the pumpkin harvest was CRAZY!!!! I think we ended up with close to 20 pumpkins--not bad for a $1.29 seed packet. There were no cantaloupe and we only got two watermelon that weren't very big.
What are your 2015 garden plans?
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Maybe you can relate. I want to be outside. But the ground is soup.
I braved the swamp and went out to dump stuff on the compost pile. Guess what I found?
My asparagus is up! So excited to see those pretty green stems. First edible thing this spring!
Just enough for a snack.
Then I can watch it rain some more.
