A Productive Garden Day

Finally! I was able to get all the plants (ie. tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers) into 'real' soil. They'd been looking a little peaked in their plastic containers. I put hot caps over most of the tomatoes because that will help them establish better; it creates a mini greenhouse for each plant and protects from sun, wind, bugs, kids and wildlife.

The black landscape fabric will hopefully help keep the weeds down. As you can see the surrounding area is full of weeds ... mostly dandelions ready to go to seed at the next brush of wind. Dash cannot keep up with the mower! He mows and the next day, new blooms pop up and grow about 8 inches to proclaim their dominance. I've heard that dandelions mean the soil is really fertile ... if only I could harness it for grass and flowers that I enjoy! That day is coming...

Dash also planted his SFG this afternoon. His includes green beans, yellow onions, beets, and romaine lettuce.

Eva's garden is starting to show growth, especially in the lettuce, shown in the above picture, and onion squares. I expect her peas will be up within a week.

This leaves two more SFG beds to plant with sugar snap peas, shell peas, more green beans, and the remaining onion sets. I might also put in more beets if there is room. The picture below is of the Marian herb garden - the first pot I planted. The herbs have grown quite a bit!

**I had planned to have a strawberry bed, but it is late to get that started and the veggies are more important. I'm planning a raised bed, so part of the prep work is already done ... rototilling and landscape fabric. Either this Fall after tomatoes are done or early next Spring, I'll get the bed made and ready for the Strawberries.