Monday, May 26, 2008

Predictives

Now the fun stuff! What did we plant and when will we (hopefully) eat it?

Seeds sowed on May 24th:
Zucchini squash (ready around July 11th)
Select salad blend lettuce (ready around July 11th)
Bloomsdale long-standing spinach (ready around July 11th)
Contender bush snap garden beans (ready around July 18th)
Spacemaster bush cucumbers (ready around July 21st)
Parris island romaine lettuce (ready around July 28th)
Wando peas (ready around August 2nd)
Danvers half long carrots (ready around August 7th)
and one total long shot... Granex hybrid yellow onions (ready November 2nd???)













Plants we bough this weekend and planted May 25th:

Strawberry plants
Watermelon plants
Sweet basil
Thai basil
Cilantro
Mint apple (did someone say mojitos?!?)

Seeds I planted a while ago, but went into the garden on May 25th:
Early girl tomatoes
Lemon boy yellow tomatoes
Super sweet 100 cherry tomatoes

Seeds I planted a while ago, but are taking forever to grow past 4 leaves:
Sweet basil


What it all looks like (click to enlarge):














Yesterday's High: 80F
Yesterday's Low: 57F
Current Weather Alerts: None
Mood of the garden: slowly adjusting
Mood of the farmer: still ecstatic, and also expectant

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Highlarious! I hope you're planning to use ANOVA the way God intended to analyze your crop yields. Also, Wando beans? Bertie Bot's Wando Beans. I wonder as I Wando.

~K