rain and the community garden
We went armed with our shovel and fork last night to do more hard labor in the community garden plot. When we arrived they had a big tiller out there and they tilled the remaining half of our plot for us! We didn't buy any more compost or bring our seedlings out because we thought we'd only have time for tilling.
I was supposed to go back this afternoon, but it was too hot and the ground was still wet from last night's rain. I was hoping it would dry out by 5 or so, but then a big downpour right at 5p ruined those plans. More rain in the forecast tomorrow. Maybe we won't get the remaining plants in until Friday or Saturday. That should be okay; after all the delays we're happy to finally get stuff into the ground.
So far 5 cucumbers and 2 tomatillo plants are in. We have 7 green zebra tomato plants and 3 poblano pepper plants ready to go. We also have eggplant, but the seedlings aren't quite ready. After that it will be interplanting: basil, nasturtiums, various greens (mostly for donating), and marigolds wherever they will fit.
With such a big plot, it's easy to cram too much stuff in. But what's out there now looks like it's spaced too far apart, which means that it's probably just about right.
I was supposed to go back this afternoon, but it was too hot and the ground was still wet from last night's rain. I was hoping it would dry out by 5 or so, but then a big downpour right at 5p ruined those plans. More rain in the forecast tomorrow. Maybe we won't get the remaining plants in until Friday or Saturday. That should be okay; after all the delays we're happy to finally get stuff into the ground.
So far 5 cucumbers and 2 tomatillo plants are in. We have 7 green zebra tomato plants and 3 poblano pepper plants ready to go. We also have eggplant, but the seedlings aren't quite ready. After that it will be interplanting: basil, nasturtiums, various greens (mostly for donating), and marigolds wherever they will fit.
With such a big plot, it's easy to cram too much stuff in. But what's out there now looks like it's spaced too far apart, which means that it's probably just about right.