Friday, May 9, 2008

Rainy Friday

Nothing to do but watch time lapse videos.

They're ALIVE!


Tomato Phototropism

Pepper Time Lapse

Pea Plant Development

Lettuce- Start to Finish


Bush Bean Seedlings


I actually have plenty else to do.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Gardening is Hard!

Why, oh why, must April showers coincide with the busiest 2 weeks of the semester? A quick visit to the plot last week showed me that a "crazy explosion" of weeds was occurring at my plot- and the hours I spent there this weekend have barely contained them.

Worse, it is now absolutely time to do the planting for warm-season vegetables, and we are not ready!

Around the Garden, 5/2/08

Cabbage and collard transplants are getting larger- though we'll see if I get any cabbage heads this spring.


A few peas have finally come up, and have been supplemented with some donated transplants.
This crop is sort of a let down- you plant it super early but then have to wait until the summer to eat it. :(


Kale planted from seed is getting larger (so are the weeds).






A different variety of kale, grown from transplant. Covered or not, it gets eaten by something.







The strawberry transplants are looking healthy. One is even flowering, but you can't see it here.





The garlic is looking really healthy. Only a few more months before harvest!






Tomato babies have been transplanted and protected from the cold.







Extra tomato and pepper babies are sitting out to get the sun.






All in all, things are looking very hopeful!

To do next time:

Clean up the sloppy job I did at planting potatoes, cucumbers, and beans, and decide whether I'm going with newspaper mulch or plastic as a weed barrier.