Whispering Pines

Today in the Salad Gardens we direct sowed from seed: Misticanza, Arugula, India Mustard, Sorrel, and Swiss Chard.  A new batch of salad cucumbers plants, that we started from seed, were put in also.

In the main garden went some cabbage and cauliflower plants.  We've pulled out all the old cucumbers and the new ones will be ready in about 30 or so days.

The fall green beans are looking nice.  The fall squash is already producing.  The canning tomatoes are coming along nicely.

Just a few more weeks and all our favorite fall crops like beets and carrots wil have their turn to go in!

Planted 32 Roma tomato plants this morning.  These were the ones we started from seed a while back.  These should be ready to harvest this fall.  Canning tomatoes in the fall is nice, because it doesn't get so hot!

We spread some lime and organic fertilizer down, tilled it in, set our end posts, laid out the soaker hose, laid down the weed cloth barrier, set in the middle posts, and attached the cattle fencing for a trellis.

Then this morning we cut slits in the fabric for the planting holes.  Dug the holes, set the plants in deeply, and watered them in well.  Mulched with straw, and enclosed the whole thing with chicken wire so the rabbits and chickens will not eat the plants.

Lord willing we wil have a nice harvest in a couple of months!