Today was a gorgeous spring day. It was one of those days that you want to relish and enjoy before the humidity, mosquitoes and heat kicks in. After work, I did just that by taking a walk in the garden and checking on things. First, I checked an experiment I was running on old seed. I planted some butternut squash and green striped cushaw squash from 2009 I had saved. It's old seed, but I figured at least some of it would germinate. Nope. Not one. It teaches me that saving seed is good. Saving seed for too long is not.
I also checked on a row of cowpeas I planted. The variety was Ozark Razorback Peas. They were from 2012. I knew the germination would be low, so instead of planting every 4 inches, I planted every 2 inches. On the 15 foot row, I would say only about 20% germinated. I filled in the holes today by planting in the gaps at a 1 inch spacing. We'll see how well this fills in the holes once Round 2 germinates.
Let's take a look at the other garden progress:
| Straightneck Yellow Squash |
| Crookneck Yellow Squash |
| Black Beauty Eggplant |
| The Onion Crop |
| About a month away from harvest |
| The row of zucchini |
| Baby zucchini just forming |
| One row of blackeyes and one row of purple hull peas |
| The trellis of cucumbers blooming |
| Baby cukes setting on the vines |
| 39 Heirloom Tomato Plants trellised |
| A Cherokee Purple setting fruit |
| Snap beans flanked by sweet corn |
| I'll be picking the first mess of Contender snap beans tomorrow! |
| Watermelon, Cantaloupe, and Butternut squash where they can vine |
40 feet of Irish potatoes
Hope your gardens produce bountiful produce for your kitchen tables!
Nothing bloomed in my garden! Ha!
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