Thursday, May 31, 2018

First Post of the 2018 Growing Season

This is my first post of the 2018 growing season.

A number of things have already been planted. Thus, I am a bit late in detailing all the events.

Today is the first time I watered all the young plants with Miracle-Gro fertilizer. In about a week I should do it again.

The recent warm spell has caused the many corn, bean, squash, white cucumber & okra seeds I planted to emerge as seedlings.

I must purchase soil in order to make use of the many empty containers in the yard. The string bean seeds I bought this year are ideal for container planting so I want to make full use of them.

At the moment I have about 16 salad plants that I purchased at Walmart and Lowe's. Some are ready to be picked. They were planted earlier in May. I would like to have a steady supply of lettuce in the garden this year in order to avoid buying them at grocery stores. They taste so much better from the yard!

I have yet to plant some more corn, zucchini, beans and perhaps some sweet peas. I am excited about what the garden will produce this year. Will try to have photos on a daily basis.