"Only two things that money can't buy and that's true love and home grown tomatoes" Guy Clark
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Oh, the woes of gardening
"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley." ...Robert Burns
My tomatoes all died of wilt, as did the cabbage and broccoli I transplanted to Indiana. Though the carrots I planted in Iowa are doing well, the ones in Texas have not sprouted. Even the radishes are coming up spotty. Worst start I've had in gardening in years. Being this is the first time I've blogged on the net about my garden, could it be a computer virus?
OK, so the potatoes and peas are starting off nicely, we've had one meal of asparagus, and the strawberries are blooming. We gathered some spinach and lettuce for a salad, and the hens laid 9 eggs today. So nothing's ever perfect in gardening and in life. I've changed my plans many times in the past, and can do so again. Now that I'm done ranting, here's what I did today:
I planted more spinach, Burpee Bloomsdale long standing, in Washington and Oregon, and American Seed Grand Rapids lettuce in the south 6 feet of Idaho(old seed packaged for 2010). I planted more Golden Bantam sweet corn in the south 8 feet of Indiana and Ohio, I'll buy tomato plants to put in my new Puerto Rico section, and other as yet unspecified plants, (pumpkins? zucchini? peppers?) to go elsewhere. And more carrot seed for the north end of Idaho.
If you're curious about the locations, Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Puerto Rico and so on, click on the "Garden Map and geography" tab above. To pass on your condolences for the tomatoes, or any other comments or suggestions, click on "comments" below.
Labels:
05/may
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment