Yeah, I think our chance was Monday, from the same system heading east. Now you get to tell your wife how wise you were for being patient about getting the garden ready.
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I have never seen peanuts growing in our stores until today! Had to take mom into get her wheelchair ramp on her van looked at today because it is not always going down for her which means she will have to have someone with her every time she wants to go somewhere. . . .part wont be in till next week so that means another trip. When we left, she wanted to go to Ellis's Pottery to go shopping and they also had 6 pk plants along with some in 4" pots. I saw so many new varieties of tomatoes and peppers that I do not ever see at the bigger box stores. . . . They even had ghost peppers! Hottest I have been able to grow is Habanero and have never seen the seed sold here. Anyhow, I saw some peanuts. Nice lookin little guy!! Even though our temps have been record breaking highs all year, and after I planted, we are now going to have some lower than normal temps. . .
Just my luck and my hunny blames me for planting early ! My little cucumbers, which are two trellis rows, have just now push thru putting on their first leaves, so covered with a tarp. I only planted one side of each trellis, just in case. The zucchini, squash and cantaloupe have not pushed thru yet. I will be keeping an eye on them because the highs will get in the 70s. With the next couple days of rain and the colder weather, I think they will wait. Tomorrow I am hoping the near by city will still be handing out mulch. . . I am in need of about 6 loads to finish off the garden and hopefully some left over to compost on down. I am almost done with the two year old compost I am currently using and in bad need of making more. We can get three load on the 24 ft trailer, just need to get back in line after each load. This problem seems to be getting more and more common now that all we can get hold of is 'peat free' compost, meaning municipal comost. This stuff is made from green waste collected from households and I'm convinced contaminated stuff gets put in there.
That is so sad especially with all the work you have put in and now to have to undo and redo. . . can you get your hands on some old hay from cow pastures or even donkeys. That is what I added in and it works wonders. Breaks down rather quickly and builds your soil along with attracting the worms. Hunny accidentally sprayed my radishes this year. At least I had them in more than one spot!Disaster!! I potted up the tomatoes last weekend and I must have a bad bag of compost. All of them are dying off , looks like they've come into contact with weedkiller.
So today, rather than enjoying the garden and getting stuff done, I am off out to find some proper potting compost and Tomato plants. Luckily I can, but if I couldn't get plants from elsewhere, I would have no tomatoes to eat fresh, or for canning. Maybe another reason to have a network to barter with.
There is a lesson to be learned here, always have a back up plan.
If you can and preserve your produce you can easily grow enough for one person in that space. My greenhouse is about 20x20 and not only does it feed me with loads of fresh stuff but I can cases of stuff each season.
Sounds similar to here. Except in places we still have a couple of feet of snow left, mostly on the higher elevations of the ranch. The deer and elk haven't made it back up here yet, but the wild onions are starting to come out, so the bears will be out soon too.Snow is gone but the rain isn't, we have more rain than sun, nothing is drying out
We dodged the frost here. It's chilly, but no damage at least. I'm going to play with the tractor some today to get used to it. I don't have a tiller yet for it but think I will use the backhoe to plow a line to plant the rest of the peanuts I bought. I did a good sized patch in the garden but still have a lot left in the Bag. My tomatoes in the greenhouse are just a couple inches tall, so I think I will buy a couple from a store before long here to get a jump start. The potatoes are big enough to mound dirt around them already. The best advice I can give on them is they produce better when the dirt is loose. That's not so easy in clay.
