Garden Plan

I didn't get anything really done yesterday because it rained most of the day. I did get my banana peppers planted in the bed though. It was actually supposed to get pretty cold last night so I put either jars over them for frost protection or the top half of 2 liter soda bottles. I then put a blanket over them. Today we'll see how they did. I feel pretty confident because I've already had my bell peppers planted like this for a couple of days and they're doing ok.

In the picture above is my garden plan for this year. It is not to scale so you will have to excuse that. You can see where the banana and bell peppers are. I've also already planted the potatoes. The strawberry and asparagus beds are permanent since those are perennials. All of the boxes to the left that are similar sizes, are raised beds.

Next I plan on starting my kale seeds, kohlrabi, red romaine, cucumber, okra and pumpkins. I also need to restart my eggplant seeds because the seedlings that came up just aren't doing well. They are very weak and the leaves are very pale. I don't think the seeds were old so I'm not sure what happened there. Maybe they didn't like being in the house this long. Don't know. When I go to the store later, I'm going to see what varieties of eggplant seeds they have.

Most of this is already established garden beds. The spot where the zucchini and cream peas will be located will be slightly new. I need to bring in some bags of soil since my compost bin doesn't really have much compost. (I don't turn it or add greens/browns like I should.) But I'll have to bring the soil level up a bit in that area. I'll kind of create little mounds where each plant will be to keep most of the roots out of the clay ground. I'll show you how I do then when I actually do it.

Now, most of this is behind our house. The area where the tomatoes and pumpkins will be is actually on the side of our house. An area where the pigs were for a little while and they dug up the ground. I don't know if this will become a permanent garden area or not so I don't know if I'm going to bring in any soil there. I might just dig a hole for each plant and put soil in that. Then put straw or something to try to keep the weeds down just for this year.

But then again, the garden in the back can no long be expanded because it's surrounded by the animal areas. So eventually I was going to have to expand to the side of the house anyway. I don't know. We'll see. Like everything else, it's a work in progress.

K, time to go feed the animals. Take care all and have a good day.