Tomatoes, peppers (hot and sweet varieties), Indian corn, cabbage, string beans, cucumber, and basil are what came out of the garden today, harvested by our 5th graders. Pretty much the same list was harvested on Monday.
The Garden Club spent the morning weeding, exploring, planting, and watering. We planted Swiss chard, cauliflower, and Chinese cabbage as transplants. We also planted by seed a few small rows of kale, mustard greens, and a heirloom radish dating back to pre-1865. The radish is supposed to be ready in about 29 days – we will let you know what happens. We used some coffee grounds with our transplants and seeds and we are curious to see how that may affect the plants. All of our plants today went into the canoe garden.
I visited the fine folks at Meyers Seed Company today. I picked up some crimson clover seed and hairy vetch seed that we plan to use as our cover crops this year. I love the idea of a winter rye or winter wheat, but I get carried away and let them go to seed which would be counter-productive for our small raised beds. I also picked up garlic and white and yellow onion sets to over winter. Yum.
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