Hey everybody! This is Paula. This past week was a little slower than the one before, but we still had lots to do. We made some changes to our experimental plot plans and had to work around the relentless rainy weather, but we got mostly everything done that we wanted.
Monday:
We had planned to plant the peas in the experimental plots as our final crop in there but as was helpfully pointed out to us by one of our knowledgeable mentors, peas are a cool weather crop that are better suited to cooler spring temperatures or late summer and early autumn. So we decided it would be better to choose something else that would better suited to the hot months of June and July. So we ordered Fortex Pole Beans and Foremost Bush Beans.
We also cleaned some of the area by the shed, patched all the holes in the outer fence and started to restring some of the A-frame trellises.
Tuesday:
Bought more chicken wire, restrung two more A-frames, and we were able to fence off 15 meters of the experimental plots. We decided to fence the perimeter rather than individual plots.
Wednesday:
It rained all day but we were able to work on this blog and things inside. We noticed that there has been some nibbling on the celery and sunflowers in the free plots, so we are more determined to get things fenced up. It cleared up for a bit so we were able to start measuring the spacing for the beans, but then the rain started again, so we had to stop. We did get our seed order today though, so we were excited even though we could not plant them.
Thursday:
Farmer’s Market Day! Despite the persistant rain, we were still able to work there, mostly working on painting signs and helping the couple of vendors that were able to attend. And most exciting of all, this morning we got ALL the beans planted, so the experimental plots are now complete and all we have to do is care for them and work on our projects! The picture below shows where the beans should be popping up any day now!
Friday:
It rained again most of the day. In the morning however, we were able to plant some sad-looking snapdragons and the dancing ladies. We’re not sure what happened to the snapdragons, however, because we watered them and kept them in the shed. Maybe they got too crowded. But luckily we have more seeds so we can try again. We had some scrap chicken wire left over from last year that we used to surround the new circle garden we made. It looks great and will hopefully add color when the flowers bloom.
Looking forward to sunny days next week,
Paula
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