Wed May 22, 2013 5:47 pm
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Well, it's *that* time again.
Have been scheming, planning & plotting for this year's crop over the winter waiting for a break in the weather and - more importantly these days, a break in my daughter's fastpitch season. Finally had it all come together & was able to get the patch prepped for this year's crop over the weekend.
So far, we pulled the largest weeds, added 10 yards or so more soil (where does it all go?), a couple yards of peat (there's fine gravel/sand under the beds and the new rototll was actually pulling it into the soil, so, we decided it was best to add some peat to try to retain some of the moisture in the soil), and a yard or so of composted poop (yes, scientific term LOL) with a couple passes of the rototill in between each add. It's amazing how little apparant progress one can make in a relatively small space in an entire day when one steps back and, all I really noticed after all that, was how badly I need to do some weedwhacking. UGH! Another day! Just dont ask me to do any rototilling for a few days.
Anyway, there it is in all it's glory as it stands right now.
We figure the ground will be warm enough in a couple weeks to plant (it's definitely not warm enough yet according to the pumpkin experts around here, so, I follow their lead and wait), so, in the next few days i'll be starting the seedlings. Will try to get the watering system put back in place and fired up next weekend.
Haven't settled on varieties for this year yet. Thinking we'll probably stick to the exotic ones this year - will probably do Kakai (medium sized green and orange tiger stripes - with super yummy huskless seeds) and Polar Bear (large white ones). Beyond those two, not sure. I figure there's not much point using space in our patch to grow "mundane" ones when I can typically buy them as nice, or nicer for a couple bucks each - when I have the seeds and can grow some that you cant buy at the local super center.
More pictures to come as things begin to sprout around here!
Can you tell I'm excited? LOL
Have been scheming, planning & plotting for this year's crop over the winter waiting for a break in the weather and - more importantly these days, a break in my daughter's fastpitch season. Finally had it all come together & was able to get the patch prepped for this year's crop over the weekend.
So far, we pulled the largest weeds, added 10 yards or so more soil (where does it all go?), a couple yards of peat (there's fine gravel/sand under the beds and the new rototll was actually pulling it into the soil, so, we decided it was best to add some peat to try to retain some of the moisture in the soil), and a yard or so of composted poop (yes, scientific term LOL) with a couple passes of the rototill in between each add. It's amazing how little apparant progress one can make in a relatively small space in an entire day when one steps back and, all I really noticed after all that, was how badly I need to do some weedwhacking. UGH! Another day! Just dont ask me to do any rototilling for a few days.
Anyway, there it is in all it's glory as it stands right now.
We figure the ground will be warm enough in a couple weeks to plant (it's definitely not warm enough yet according to the pumpkin experts around here, so, I follow their lead and wait), so, in the next few days i'll be starting the seedlings. Will try to get the watering system put back in place and fired up next weekend.
Haven't settled on varieties for this year yet. Thinking we'll probably stick to the exotic ones this year - will probably do Kakai (medium sized green and orange tiger stripes - with super yummy huskless seeds) and Polar Bear (large white ones). Beyond those two, not sure. I figure there's not much point using space in our patch to grow "mundane" ones when I can typically buy them as nice, or nicer for a couple bucks each - when I have the seeds and can grow some that you cant buy at the local super center.
More pictures to come as things begin to sprout around here!
Can you tell I'm excited? LOL
Last edited by Chewy on Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:14 am, edited 2 times in total.
Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!