Doesn't look like much. But I got about a third of the garden planted. The weather has be been cold and rainy so I have not been in a hurry to get seeds in the ground. So far four rows of early bi color "sweet chorus" corn. I have three more varieties of corn that will be planted at different times for a later harvest, one row of leaf lettuce a mixture of Cimmaron, Red salad, Tango, Slobolt, Green salad, and Royal oakleaf, one row of Olympia spinach which has a smooth leaf so it is easy to wash, one row of Chantenay carrots which are meant to be harvested as baby carrots, they will mature but are short, and fat, and one row of Lincoln peas. At top of the garden under the milk jugs are cucumbers, cantaloupe, and pumpkins. I have tomato's, zucchini squash, and yellow squash growing in the house. I hope to get them planted out in the ground this weekend. I still need a few Bell pepper plants. Looks like the weather is finally going to warm up. And gardening will be more exciting when everything starts to grow. :) AH
My son came by yesterday and help be get the cultivator finished, well almost. I still need to build a post for the V-plow, and hilling blades. I gave it trial run through the garden. It worked great. AH
These photos are a couple weeks old. Our Apricot trees in bloom. Unless we get a late frost there will be lots of fruit. AH
Our seeds, onion sets, and tomato plants arrived in the mail today. For the Utah garden there be four varieties of corn, and five varieties of tomatoes. Zucchini and yellow squash, cucumbers cantaloupe, and pumpkins. We will also plant lettuce, spinach, and peppers. For Idaho where the climate is cooler peas, lettuce, spinach, onions, potato's and carrots. I am going to try broccoli and Brussels sprouts this year. These have not produced well in the home garden the last couple of years. They should do better in the cooler weather. We have some of the seeds started indoors. I am trying yo hold off until the first of May to start planting. The spring weather here is sunny one day, and snowing the next. Last year I had to replant several things that did not survive the harsh spring weather. AH
Picked up the potato seed. 50 lbs of Russet Burbank, and 100 lbs of Dark Red Norland. Should be enough for 15 or so rows. They will not get put in the ground until Memorial Day. For now they are in a cool place until planting time. The russets make good bakers, and the Norland have a smooth red skin that is scab resistant, and white insides. We start digging these as new potato's mid summer. They keep well in a cool place, we are still eating last falls harvest. They are still as good as they were last fall. AH
