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Monday, February 28, 2011

We've got our summer crops started!

Tonight we started our first real batch of seeds for our summer crops. We've got tomatoes and peppers here as well as some branches for fig trees. The tomato varieties that we have are: roma, marmande, heirloom rainbow blend, lady-bug and hybrid tomatoes.

Our pepper varieties that we've got started are: jalapeno, italian horn, rainbow-bell blend, ahi-dulce and organic. And we got them from here.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Gardening 2011: Planting the Onions

by Chemeeka 10:07 AM

So they call these red 'candy apple' and 'candy' (yellow) onions. They call them "candy" because they're so sweet. This year we're getting them in nice and early. (Last year we didn't plant our onions till around early April). We got them from here.

But as you can see, these are in, just planted yesterday (February 21st). I'd say Papa did a pretty good job with these onions. Wouldn't you?

Here's a picture of our other onions...the ones that we planted back in the early fall in our "Crop Circles" ;-)

Not so bad, ey?

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Papa planted our Holly Bushes!

by Chemeeka 7:00 PM

Today Papa planted our holly bushes and some of our bearded iris'. We've got about 16 brand new holly bushes now in the ground.

Lookin' good! Here's the finished product:

And while he was at it, he also put our drainage hose into the ground.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Storing Until Planting

by Chemeeka 2:49 PM

It's farmer's orders (actually the instructions before planting the onions). These guys need to be stored in a cool, dry place so that they don't mold, heat up or get moisture to them before going into the ground. So, here they are and here they'll be for the next few days.

Monday, February 14, 2011

The Onions are Here!

by Chemeeka 2:27 PM

The onions just came in the mail today. We've got a couple different varieties that we ordered. I'll set these aside for now until Papa is ready for 'em.