In the beginning

You know if I'm going to do something, I must fully enjoy it by writing about it.  Here goes...

New Daddy tilled up a couple of plots for me two weeks ago.  I went to put corn in today, and discovered that grass has already taken over some of the area.  He said he didn't mind retilling, and Uncle B can live without his tiller for another week or so.

Today, I planted four rows of Howling Mob sweet white corn, only three rows of Country Gentleman sweet white corn, thanks to the grass.  I gave up on extracting grass mounds out of the garden with a trowel after the first 10 or so.  The last row of Country Gentleman can wait until New Daddy has tilled a little more.

Currently, I have seedlings/small plants planted for the following:

• beets- bull's blood
• cabbage- late flat dutch
• eggplant
• okra- clemson spineless
• radishes
  
• squash- summer crookneck
• tomatoes- brandywine and better boy
• marigold- harlequin (for pest control- bugs think they stink)
• beans- rattlesnake pole, black eyed peas sprouted from organic ones at the store, great northern
• herbs: borage, chives, going to buy a few from the garden store
• and this shot in the dark: I planted three Pink Lady apple seeds that were already sprouting inside the fruit.  Will I get apples in several years?

The kids played outside while I worked, and Cutie fell asleep in her carrier, in the shade.