Posted: May. 11, 2009 - 0 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ]
Category: Planting

I finally had a day in the garden without rain or being called into the office.

So I got one of the big ollas dug in and transplants put in around it. The onions were in bad shape (they don't seem to like being sprouted in small pots with varying amounts of water), so I'm not sure how many will survive. I'll probably plant more seeds in the spots next weekend. There's a couple of brocolli, but all but one of the lettuce failed to come up.

I dug out the potato trenches and put the Ollas for those in place. The potatoes go in next weekend with their little mounds next to the giant ollas. The mounds will gradually grow as the potatoes do, but the ollas dominate the trench at the moment.

The ones for the corn rows are just sitting in place, as I have to redig that patch. It got a layer of manure earlier in the year so now has a lovely patch of weeds green manure growing there waiting to be dug in when I bury the ollas. Hopefully between more water and the manue we'll get better corn than the mealy stuff we got last year.

Assuming I have any energy left after next weekend's digging and planting, I have all the wildflower patches to dig and sow.