Last year after my Dad's open heart surgery, he announced he wasn't planting a garden. Uh-Oh. That's the garden I stole everything from to do all my canning. After that announcement sunk in, Rambob announced we would be having a garden. Uh-Oh. That meant I may have to get off my butt and work for my veggies. Long story short, it worked out well for us. So well that we are planting another garden this year....and bigger. Uh-Oh.
So first things first...poop. We need poop first. We went over to Rambob's uncle (who raises miniature ponies) and stole some poop. Then we spread the poop. The poop will now sit in the garden for a couple weeks and then we will till it under a couple times.
While the poop is sitting, I decided to go back to my 4-H'er years and start some plants from seed. Last year we bought all our plants but this year, I'm gonna save us some money by starting from seed...maybe.
Three seeds per jar should do it, right? Sounds good to me. So, I started me some cucumbers, zucchini, and squash...
After sticking the seeds in, I filled the jars with water which will make the soil float. That's okay, it'll sink over night. Then cover in plastic wrap and sit on the window sill. And wait. But when it came to the lima beans, I soaked them over night in water first. The next day I stuck a damp paper towel in the bottom of each jar and placed the beans on top of the towel. Those I covered with plastic wrap too.
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I found that if you soak your beans first, they will sprout faster. A couple weeks went by...
...and I got squash and cukes sprouting.
Along with my zucchini.
And beans! I got beans!
Now its times to get the beans in some soil so I can harden them up before going out in the garden
I also had to move the squash, cucumbers and zucchini into their own cups because they out grew their jars. Next year, I will plant the seeds in their own cups...one seed per cup. It's a pain in the ass if you don't. Just sayin'. Some people have to learn the hard way. Why should I change now after all these years. Just sayin'
A couple weeks after that, into the garden they went...
Along with the tomato and pepper plants we bought. Yes, I slacked and bought those. There's always next year, right? Then it was break time...hey! how did that picture sneak in here?
After planting and breaking we checked out the rest of the garden. Our strawberries from last year have popped up...
This is the second year for our asparagus...so next year we can EAT EAT EAT it. In case you didn't know....when you plant asparagus, you can't eat it for the first two years. It needs that time to grow and thicken up so you have nice stalks to chomp on in the future years.
We have had visitors to the garden. He made the cut...
This dude didn't....
That's a mole. We actually saw him digging his tunnel and Rambob got him with the shovel. Rambob then rolled his dead body back into the tunnel and buried him with a message..."this is what's gonna happen to all you other moles that come into our garden. Heed this message!"...and I think I heard an evil laugh after that HA.HA.HA.HAAAAA
Now that we have the moles under control (supposedly)...if anybody has a solution to get rid of voles...PLEASE TELL ME!! We've lost (6) beans plants to those suckers already.
Is it break time again yet?
