After we picked up our second rain barrel today, we went out to plant the remaining starters I had purchased prior, and I noticed what looks like an awfully promising baby stalk of corn breaching the ground. This made me so happy.
One of our tomato seed spots seemed a bit dug up. I’m glad I used the toilet tissue rolls, as that seems to have deterred the digger from doing more than unearthing down to the top of the roll. Time will tell.
I updated the “planting soon” list & 2018 Plantings page.
Two of three black turtle beans have broken through, as have two of three scarlet runner beans. No sign of life yet from the corn–still worried the Acorn Bombers got those. I caught one sniffing around the strawberries today. You bet I shooed it! Continue reading “11 June Plantings update.”
I ordered late, hence their arrival time. They actually shipped faster than I expected since we stuck with the less expensive table shipping method. I’m a little concerned about how late we will be starting some of these seeds, given our short growing season here. Then again, our frost time did drag out this year, so many will be pretty close to right on time. Still, better a bit late then never at all!
