Warmer Weather Planting
May 31st, 2009 Posted in Chris and Lise, Garden Blogs | Comments Off
So Memorial Day is come and gone and so is the last frost date. But wouldn’t you know, they’re forecasting widespread frost tonight. That didn’t stop us from planting a whole lot more seeds but it did prevent us from putting in tomato and basil. We’ve decided to wait until the next astrologically auspicious planting days — June 5 and 6 — to put in the warm season starts like tomatoes and peppers.
That said, we put in a bit of a marathon this weekend with two or three hours each weekend day. On Saturday, Chris cleared weeds and scythed grass while I prepped and seeded. I put in cucumbers where the peas didn’t happen, and pattypan squashes in the long bed, nearby the other Sugar Ann snap peas which are the only ones that came up. We figure by the time the squash are in need of space, the snap peas will be done. We can just cut the tops to the ground, leave the roots in as fertilizer and let the pattypan take over.
