New Zealand Spinach first planting

Four seeds planted in a strip in front of the beefsteak tomatoes. These spinach plants are supposed to grow like vines, so we shall see how they fare.

Dwarf Sun Flowers growth update

The Dwarf Sunspot sunflowers have started to form the sunflower spot.

Bloomsdale Spinach first planting

I planted eight Bloomsdale spinach seeds in this section of the garden, adjacent to the Roma tomatoes. Hopefully the two are compatible. Those two sprouts to the left are onions that I had planted last year that did not sprout last year and so I had not dug them out.

Beefsteak Tomatoes growth update

After the risk of frost nights, the beefsteak plants didn't look too good. I am hoping that they will recover.

roma tomato growth update

A buddy of mine was able to differentiate between which was which, so now I know which are the Roma tomatoes and which are the Beefsteak. We had a risk of frost two nights in a row last week after I had planted them outdoors and I had to over them. The Roma plants seemed to survive this ordeal okay.

Garlic growth update

The garlic plants are really tall now. I'm curious to know what is going on underground but have no inclination to disturb the growing.

sweet bed

The book 'How to Grow Sweet Potato in a Northern Climate' strongly recommends using a plastic sheet as mulch to greatly increase the temperature of the soil as that is what sweet potato requires. Who am I to question the author who has the experience? Here is the new raised bed, covered. The corn I will be planting by seed in a few days, the potato I will be receiving slips in the mail in a week.