The potted garden plants, as in the potatoes in barrels, and the tomatoes and peppers in buckets are thriving this year. I am also starting two cucumber plants in buckets that I will put side by side to help with pollination. I know that humidity was a killer last year, and so far, we are not having the high humidity factor.
I have planted the corn this weekend. Still waiting for the other garden area to show more signs of life than radishes, carrots and onions. I do have one bean plant that came up, though. I had to replant a few things and I may need to replant again if I'm not seeing signs of life by next weekend. Oregano is thick this year. Have already cut our first batch and dried it. Should be able to get two or three more cuttings before July, when it will start bolting. Spinach already bolted, and that crop is dead for the summer.
Oh, and the potted garlic are still doing quite nicely. If I can get the basil and the dill to come up, I'll be a happy camper with my gardening starts this year.
Getting ready to sell three hens. We're drowning in eggs at the moment. The Rhode Island Reds are being kind of quirky. One is sleeping outside the coop at night. I think there is a flock/pecking order thing going on. I'll start picking up the hen, putting her into the coop and closing the door in the evenings for the next week or two, to see if we can get that resolved. In the summer months, we rarely close up the coops at night, but in this case, I think we will need to. I know that they had a difficult time adapting when the Cornish Cross were taken away from the flock.
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| White Potato Plants |
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| Sweet Bell Peppers |
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| One of Three Tomato Plants |
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