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The annual garden post
We had one sunny day on this three-day weekend, so clearly today was the day to get stuff in the ground.
I'd already planted the peas last week after having sprouted them from seed. They clearly seem confused by this whole outdoor trellis concept, and are flopping around everywhere going ME CLIMB THING MAYBE? Given our terrible weather this past week, I'm not surprised they're confused by the relative lack of sun compared to their cushy spot on the front porch under a grow light; hopefully they'll get their literal pea-brains in gear soon and will start chugging up the trellis and making me delicious sugar-snap peas.
Anyway, other than the peas, it's pretty much the usual stuff: two bush pickling cucumbers; pepperoncini and poblano peppers; three kinds of basil (Thai, globe, purple); Italian parsley; and four tomatoes (black cherry, Sungolds, Prudens Purple, and Fourth of July). The big blank space in the garden is left for these little guys:
Okra! Grown from my very own okra seed collected last year, which hopefully means this is now hardy New England okra that can deal with our wacky weather. The seedlings are only two weeks old and won't go in the ground until mid- to late June.
Planted on the front porch: a dahlia, a couple of dwarf petunias, a chrysanthemum of some sort, and a fuchsia.
Still to be planted, sometime later this week: two pyrethrum daisies to replace the ones the sage ate. Technically, I guess the sage didn't eat them so much as make it known that the back corner was its territory, and any daisies that knew what was good for them would get their asses out of town -- which is a pretty ballsy move if you consider that pyrethrum daisies are the source of pyrethrin, one of the most powerful organic insecticides you can use in your garden. These new daisies will go next to the valerian, where hopefully they can live in floral harmony a safe distance away from that bullying sage.
I'd already planted the peas last week after having sprouted them from seed. They clearly seem confused by this whole outdoor trellis concept, and are flopping around everywhere going ME CLIMB THING MAYBE? Given our terrible weather this past week, I'm not surprised they're confused by the relative lack of sun compared to their cushy spot on the front porch under a grow light; hopefully they'll get their literal pea-brains in gear soon and will start chugging up the trellis and making me delicious sugar-snap peas.
Anyway, other than the peas, it's pretty much the usual stuff: two bush pickling cucumbers; pepperoncini and poblano peppers; three kinds of basil (Thai, globe, purple); Italian parsley; and four tomatoes (black cherry, Sungolds, Prudens Purple, and Fourth of July). The big blank space in the garden is left for these little guys:
Okra! Grown from my very own okra seed collected last year, which hopefully means this is now hardy New England okra that can deal with our wacky weather. The seedlings are only two weeks old and won't go in the ground until mid- to late June.
Planted on the front porch: a dahlia, a couple of dwarf petunias, a chrysanthemum of some sort, and a fuchsia.
Still to be planted, sometime later this week: two pyrethrum daisies to replace the ones the sage ate. Technically, I guess the sage didn't eat them so much as make it known that the back corner was its territory, and any daisies that knew what was good for them would get their asses out of town -- which is a pretty ballsy move if you consider that pyrethrum daisies are the source of pyrethrin, one of the most powerful organic insecticides you can use in your garden. These new daisies will go next to the valerian, where hopefully they can live in floral harmony a safe distance away from that bullying sage.