Artickoes

I got the Artichoke seeds planted yesterday. Two of them were already sprouting, hopefully that is a good thing. :) Also, Joe worked a little more on his tomato planting area. Watching him do that made me happy I am planting mine in tubs.

Also, I pulled out the old lettuce and mustard we had growing from the fall. I can not believe it lived through the winter. And, I cannot believe how big it was. The mustard that was growing in the ground was, I would say, about a 3' bush. Joe had to use the shovel to get the roots out! When I pulled that stuff out we found quite a few snails. Some of them already met their maker while the rest might just do that today. I like that quiet crushing sound their shells make when they get tossed in the street. Does that make me a evil?

Today we are planning a trip to Barnes & Noble to look at some more gardening books. I believe Joe has come down with a bad case of "garden fever". I didn't know I was contagious. I will see if I can get him to take a few pictures of stuff today to spice the next entry up a little.

Three Sisters, locked and loaded...

Alright, it was hard work but the area in whic I will be planting the Three Sisters (Corn,Beans and Squash) is all ready to go. The grass that I had to remove in order to get this area ready was like a carpet, only 3,000x worse. But I won. :)

Also this weekend, Joe got the berries planted and he started working on the area where we plan on planting some tomatoes in the ground. Sorry there are no pictures to post of the going-ons this week, I will try to remedy that.

Still on the "to do" list:

*Complete the tomato area.
*Clear area for the Brassica
*Make pea trellis
*Drill holes in tubs, after...
*Getting another load of compost
*Make compost bin
*Plant artichoke seeds
*Make 50+ more newspaper seed pots.

Last Weekend

Here is what we got done in the garden last weekend:

*Bought (and loaded) 19 tubs of compost from the city's composting site.
*Got the first half of the Three Sister planting area all ready to go.
*Started seeds for eggplants and cosmos.

A few of the tomato seed I planted 2 weekends ago are starting to pop up now, I think it should be about another week before the peppers start to show through. All of the marigolds have pretty much popped up. (I am using the marigolds as companion plants to go with the tomatoes). I also picked up 5 packs of flower seeds from Wal Mart for $.20 each so we will see what comes of those.

Also, this week I have been busy making planting containers out of newspaper so there will be larger pots to move the tomatoes and peppers into once they need some more room. I followed these directions, mostly anyway.

And lastly, I heard something about guerrilla gardening this week. Where basically gardeners take ugly, unused public (and private sometimes) land and turn it from an eyesore to a thing of beauty. That got me thinking... ;)

Here is a list of stuff that I need to do in the garden this weekend, weather permitting:

*Start the other half of the" Three Sisters" area
*Start digging up the area I plan on planting the Brassicas
*Dig up the area where the peas are going and build trellis
*Dig along the fence where the cucumbers are going
*Plant the berry vine we have in a plastic bag