the corn is reaching for the sky!

     The little raised bed is doing well this week. I planted 30 days ago, and most of the seeds have sprouted. The corn and peas are thriving; the corn is reaching for the sky and the peas are sending out tiny tendrils for climbing.  I'll build a trellis soon for the peas.

The corn looks good. I'm surprised at how fast it can grow.

The tomatoes look fine too, though only a few have sprouted.

The peppers and eggplant haven't sprouted yet. Now it's been over 4 weeks, so I'll replant these.

the corn is sprouting!

I re-planted the raised bed on May 1rst. Over the past week, the metal mesh has kept the digging beast away, and the little corns plants have shot up skyward (well, at least about an inch skyward).

Planting for warm weather

We ate the last of the lettuce last weekend - after giving away heaps of heads to neighbors.

  The spring onions and carrots were nice too. 

The weather is warming up, though, so it's time for summer crops. This morning I planted:

Beets - Bull's Blood
Corn - Stowell's Evergreen
Peppers - Korean Dark Green
Garden Pea - Wando
Tomatoes - Illini Star
Tomatoes - Pantano Romanesco
Eggplant - Diamond

  I planted all these from seed today. Last year, I made the mistake of crowding all the plants too closely. This year I hope to do better by carefully following the directions on the seed packs.  The total surface of the little raised bed is 4 feet x 10 feet.