We planted the "seed babies" on Saturday. We put French filet green beans in the big plot, the one eating up most of the picture. We put about a half dozen golden zucchini plants in the raised bed garden in the back. That space might prove too small come June. Last summer, the zucchini sprawled out and produced like crazy. The Dunlap 2011 zucchini haul was bountiful. We had more than we could eat and, at times, couldn't even give our produce away.
The tomato plants go out in a week or two. They are still seed babies in training, about 3 inches tall. Right now, they sit in peat pots on the kitchen table, leaning toward the afternoon sun. We have two types: Brandywine and Hungarian Heart. I chose them from the seed catalog by description. It was a heady feeling. Who knew seed catalogs could be interesting.
In the very back of the photo there's a fourth plot, a new space, that's covered by cardboard and bricks. I broke that soil up about two weeks ago, pulled out the clods of weeds and grass (weeds mostly) and covered it with a bag or two of compost before tossing down the cardboard. I don't have a tiller to do this stuff, so I use my trusty pick, shovel and hoe to prepare the garden space. It works well enough, though the soil is a bit rocky.
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