Saturday, May 11, 2013

planting in the rain.

It is raining rather steadily today.  Hoping that helps out the plants and seedlings.  However, it did prevent me from taking many pictures today.  Did not prevent me from doing a little planting.

Planted the English Thyme and Peppermint in the perennial bed out front today.  the Thyme i am going to let just make itself comfortable, The peppermint (which we have named Patty) is of course partially contained in some chimney liner since peppermint has a tendency to not play well with others and to occasionally eat its friends.

I transplanted the celery into the ground today as well as the yellow, red and green sweet peppers.  I planted some of the 4 foot corn into the square foot bed.  Once it comes up i will be adding some purple beans.  I also planted some basil seed into the bed with the tomatoes and peppers.  I don't always do well with basil as i find it rather fitzy but it is worth a try to have at least a little fresh basil.

Once it has dried up a bit, because "rototilling mud isn't fun", will be making a 10X10ish patch behind the hops bed that will be a three sisters bed.  While the original three sisters utilized corn for flour, dry beans and winter squash, I will be planting a nice tall, but early corn, Kentucky wonder green beans, and perhaps a few scarlet runner beans, and most likely some winter squash and/or pumpkins together in this bed.  We have the space, seeds are cheap and i am interested to see the results that i get.

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