Growing Challenge – June 12 Update

There are now some recognizably green bits in the first beds we completed – last week they were partially wishful thinking  :)

I am amazed at how quickly the sunflowers have sprouted! I planted a section of them for a friend’s young son, another large area for the birds. 

I planted a bunch of oats, not really sure of the results because I just took a handful of my horse’s grain to obtain the seeds.  Apparently I spilled some oats beside the bed, and while the pampered ones in the bed are slowly emerging, the ones that fell on hard packed clay beside a board that would shade them are luxurious and full, growing happily where they aren’t supposed to in the middle of the path!  Isn’t that always the way with a garden? I can’t bring myself to just cover the silly geese over with the path….so now I’ll have to dig up the unauthorized oats and move them. 

It looked like someone was rooting about where I planted the Appaloosa bush beans and maybe even stole a few but without digging them all up it’s hard to be sure.  Some critter definitely made off with one of the potato cuttings or I can’t count. But somehow it seems like a blessing that the critter who did that sees my garden as edible! Thanks for the vote of confidence, furry friend!

Plant Lady

Growing Challenge – June 5 Update

We have gotten quite a few raised beds created now and went ahead and planted them as we finished them. One bed has some sugar snap peas I started indoors,

Snap Peas started indoors

 and the other has just seeds, which are still awfully tiny but really there …..look closely

My First Outdoor Seeds

 

Plant Lady

Growing Challenge May 25 Update

Well, it has stopped raining, and we got the raised bed frames built, but are still battling with the uneven terrain…..that’s why I didn’t post before, too exhausted!  Two beds have soil now, and I did manage to get the  seeds (including seeds I saved from a weirdly coloured sweet pepper bought at the supermarket) into the ground for those two beds….only a dozen more beds to go…. I will post pictures in my next post….bear with me!  A new roto-tiller arrives tomorrow to save me many hours of work – renting was proving too expensive, and shovelling is much too daunting. It should help get things done faster, can’t wait to try it! :)

Plant Lady