Then, this morning he bought a used tiller that he found on Craigslist. A self-propelled, rear-tine tiller that doesn't realign his back. After a visit with family, he then came home and proceeded to till the area. Just as the sun was starting to dip below the trees, I ordered pizza to be delivered, and we started planting.
We finished four hours later, with the help of our halogen work lamp and the ladder that held it. (That would have been 11:15 PM.)
New Daddy now has a much greater appreciation for the meager gardens that I have attempted in previous years. Plus that, we enjoyed doing something together outside. It was almost like a date, a garden date. There, doesn't that sound nice?
Here's what we stuck in the ground. After looking at the kale and carrot seeds, miniscule thingies that they are, I don't see how an aetheist could stand a chance. Only the Almighty God could make those dots grow into food-giving plants.
Corn- 4 looooong rows Howling Mob and Country Gentleman
Beans- rattlesnake pole beans, sewn in the corn so that it can climb the stalks
(We were going to try the "Three Sisters" method of corn + beans + squash, but my squash seeds disappeared before we started planting. I finally found them when I came inside for the evening, and I'll start them when I put my tomato plants in, in about two more weeks.)
Borage- interspersed between rows
Radishes- not sure what we were thinking when we planted 2 loooooong rows of this.
Carrots- 126 Danvers (variety, not number of plants)
Kale- 2 rows Siberian
Spinach- Tyee
If some of these varieties look familiar, as in, what I planted last year, that would be correct. I had so many seeds in the freezer, I just opened the door and planted what I had. I did throw away two empty seed envelopes when we were finished.
And... for Easter, I'll be sporting my "dirt" manicure. An earthy look, yes?
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