Sunday, May 19, 2013

First snow peas, planting, and a "volunteer" tomato

Yesterday, the weather was reasonably nice if overcast.  The Boy and I made it to the plot for a few hours.  We were excited to see that there are a few snow peas since our last visit (he enjoyed two of them).  There are also more fledgling bulbs on the Walking Onions.  Much progress was made for the summer growing season.

First, I weeded inside and around boxes.  While doing that, I stumbled across what appears to be a "volunteer" tomato plant in what will become a box dedicated to bee-attracting flowers.  I'm undecided whether I'll be leaving the tomato there to encourage it or whether I should transplant it.  I'm sorely tempted to leave it just to see how it does there surrounded by flowering magnificence (fingers crossed!).

We filled the box for the Scarlet Runner Beans and planted two petunias inside to help deter the inevitable onslaught of Mexican Bean Beetles.  Two boxes were populated with pepper starters of both varieties and three boxes received tomato starters.  There are still two pepper/tomato boxes in need of population.  Basil starters were also put in strategic locations for their companion benefits.  Depending on what the weather's like around 8:00, I may head out to try to fill those two boxes.

Once all that was done, all that as well as the snow peas were fertilized and watered.  The compost bin was also turned over and watered.

I didn't get pictures of the new plantings, but here are a few I did take before the newbies got in the ground.
The "volunteer" tomato

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