corn stalks for pea support
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I decided to go with the pea trellis material that was lying around my garden – last year’s popcorn stalks.
Work Day
We had a fantastic Work Day at the Belmont Victory Garden on Saturday! It was really amazing to see how much work we got done!! And everyone seemed to be having such fun. Nothing like happy gardeners. I supervised the work details and assigned photography duties to a super photographer. He took 200 photos and in all of them, everyone is smiling! (Except maybe the rock moving crew.) I love to look back at all the smiling faces. We also assigned 6 or 8 plots to new gardeners. Looks like…
community garden Work Day
Tomorrow is the Belmont Victory Garden Work Day. We will assign about 10 plots available from gardeners who are leaving – to the top of a waiting list of about 80. And we have a list of projects to accomplish. The weather looks good. With luck, we’ll accomplish lots.
lawn
I am going to try some new things with our lawn this year. The yard is a mix of dry hot sunny areas and deep shade. The soil gets compacted very fast. I’m thinking of aerating and sodding the backyard, which is mostly deep shade and the grass gradually peters out there a few years after sodding. I resod every 3-4 years and seed spring and fall the 2nd and 3rd years. For the front yard, which is sunny and the grass does pretty well, I’d like to try over…
transplanting sweet potato slips
I cut up my sprouted sweet potatoes today and potted them up in a tray of soil.
seed potatoes arrived
I got a big box in the mail today – seed potatoes from Moose Tubers! Its a busy week in the garden.
tomatoes set out with wall-o-water
Today in the 80* heat, I set out four of my super early tomato seedlings. They have grown into such nice little plants. I planted one Cherokee Purple, one Box Car Willie and two Ultra Early Beaver Lodge plants. I set-up Wall-O-Water plant protectors for the first time. Not so bad to set up. But I had a few problems. First, I don’t normally space tomato plants out as much as is needed to fit the wall-o-water’s. I realized this after planting the whole row of plants and I had…
scilla – 2 weeks early
My scilla is in full bloom now. I looked up when it bloomed in previous years: April 24, 2007, April 22, 2009. Its 2 weeks early this year! I think everything here is at least 2 weeks early this year.
full cold frame
My cold frame is more like a hot house this week – the temperature has been going up over 90*F when I forget to open the panels. The plants seem quite happy. I’ve moved all my seedlings into it. Its easier to have then outside so I can water with a hose.
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy
weeks and counting until my last spring frost
My garden this week
Skippy’s vegetable of the month – Egyptian walking onions!
