OK, last weekend we picked up the vegetable sprouts, and planted them in the beds. The first bed is all pumpkins; we planted seeds from pumpkins that we carved last Halloween. The second bed has cucumbers and crook-neck squash. The third bed has yellow zucchini, red and yellow peppers. Seems like we may have the peppers too close together. Think I'll build another small bed and move some of the peppers. The tomato plants are in their pots, which have now been moved to the vegetable garden (although I was reminded by someone today that tomato is actually a fruit; not a vegetable).
Most of the drip-water lines are in place - will finish laying the rest of them tonight after work. Seems like there is room for some more plants along the fence - thinking about corn. We do have crows, so maybe we would need to give Stanley (our scarecrow) a full-time job. Or we could also set-up another shelf - similar to the one with the tomato plants - and put more pots, with say, some herbs?
So, now, the actual gardening will be taking place. Hopefully raising the plants to be healthy and producing an abundance of crop. This is where I develop my skills - this year will be a good learning experience. Which brings me to a current concern. Our avacado tree was seemingly healthy, coming back from near death a couple of years ago. Then, we had the heavy rain a couple of weekends ago, and the leaves are now wilting. We don't have good drainage with our soil, and I fear we may have root rot (which is what may have almost killed the tree last time).
Did some searching, and read a few suggestions where adding gypsum to the soil may save the tree. So I did - let's see what happens.
Not having much luck getting the younger generation to eat the mandarin oranges, and I don't want the crop to be wasted. So, last weekend I picked a bunch and made some homemade Orange Julius, with a recipe found online. It was a hit, so I'll probably make some more soon.
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