June 1 update

Interesting proceedings in the garden over the past month. Watermelon, cucumbers, and eggplant did not come up, even though it appeared they were. Either I was mistaken, or they just didn't make it, because what I thought was the actual plants did not continue their existence. One of the cayenne plants that I planted didn't make it either. I also harvested all of the parsnips, which yielded quite a lot of tubers. They were, after all, in the Main Bed 'sweet spot'.

I have mixed emotions about the peat pots that I used. They worked to get the plants up and running, but have not decomposed in the ground despite the tomatoes, sunflowers, and pumpkins all reaching large sizes. However, all the plants have already flowered (except the peppers), so they are all 'dwarf.' I have fertilized twice since planting, but they are all mini plants. The sunflowers (non Mammoth as I wanted, but a smaller variety) already even have seeds that the finches have promptly attacked. So is it the pots? The fertilizer? or did getting them out early make them produce early? I don't know. I need my bird poo to tell.

All the plants that did survive the transplants are doing very well though. My potatoes are outgrowing the patch, the corn is almost knee-high, and the cherry tomato plant is producing, but small tomatoes. Hmm, why is every thing dwarfed? Potassium since they are already fruiting? I'll have to re-test the soil.

I have planted peanuts in the parsnip section. Replanted the watermelons. Planted honeydew in place of the cucumbers and finally planted ...something where the eggplants were. I can't remember what it was.

I do have some red delicious apples growing on their tree. Nothing on the fuji though, they didn't even flower this year, but I know they are an every other year thing. And I do have pics of that. Ill try to get more pics up this weekend when I do some weed and feed and prune the trees around the garden. Stay tuned.