To get ready I added nitrogen and potassium to the soil using some organic dried blood (seems like a paradox doesn't it?) and some potash. Did you know there's a world-wide shortage of potash? I "double-dug" the area I was going to plant -- a little over 1/3 of the total garden space. Actually to be accurate, I started the double-digging and the whole family contributed, Ron doing the lion's share. After deeply tilling the soil we created a slightly raised, rounded bed that I then marked with twine to show where each planting area was.
Next was the really fun part...but by this time it was getting late and uncomfortably cool, so I just did the planting as fast as I could. It was still light but the sun had gone down and my hands were cold. Here are the seeds I bought:
GOLD OF BACAU BEAN - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.50
BLUE LAKE BUSH BEAN - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.50
WHITE DIXIE BABY BUTTERBEANS, Price:1.75
MINIATURE WHITE CUCUMBER - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
MUNCHER CUCUMBER - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
ROSA BIANCA EGGPLANT- CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
BUTTERCRUNCH LETTUCE - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
CRISP MINT LETTUCE - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
YUGOSLAVIAN RED BUTTERHEAD LETTUCE - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
HEARTS OF GOLD MELON - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
SUGAR DADDY PEA - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.50
MONNOPA SPINACH - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
DARK GREEN ZUCCHINI - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
LITTLE FINGER CARROT - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
BULL`S BLOOD BEET - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
WINTER RED KALE - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
WALLA WALLA ONION - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE TURNIP - CERTIFIED ORGANIC,Price:2.00
I planted the spinach, the lettuces, onions and peas. I saved a couple spots to plant more lettuce and onions in a couple weeks. Probably too late to plant another crop of spinach this year but I will try for more in the fall, assuming I haven't pooped out on the garden by that point.
I also ordered some herbs and seed potatoes more recently (herbs from heirloomseeds.com and potatoes from ronnigers.com). These should be coming sometime in the next week or so. Potatoes should be planted soon but the herbs will have to wait a bit.
I did plant beans, zucchini and melon in little pots to put in the attic. Hopefully they will get some good growth before I transplant them to the garden in about a month.
Finally, here's the garlic I planted last fall: starting to look like it's really going place.
