Finally, Time for the Garden!

Wild Rose Farm - Garden Plot - Time to Plant!

It was dry enough this spring to get the garden plowed early and then rototilled by our neighbor almost a month ago.  So what's been happening since then?  We had a little cool spell, followed by the Waynesburg Sheep & Fiber Fest.  Then we had rain, followed by our pop up show at the Green Valley Country Store on Memorial Day.  Next were a couple of days with spotty rain.  Finally, we had several warm sunny days to get the plants in!  Not only that, everyone around here was getting in a first cutting of hay.

Mixed Flat of Plants from Randy's Raisings

I had scouted for plants while it was raining & returned a couple of days ago to pick out our selections at Randy's Raisings in Calcutta, Ohio.  "Only" 10 tomato plants this year, 8 pepper plants, spicy globe basil, flat Italian parsley, Antigua Gold marigolds, garlic chives, Greek oregano, & an impulse buy of 3 Sugar Baby watermelons ... haven't grown watermelons in YEARS!  They enjoyed sitting out in the rain overnight.  All of the plants are in the garden now.  Then I stopped at Janoski's Greenhouse & Garden Center today and picked out some marigolds, sage, salvia, Italian oregano and curly parsley to add to the mix.  We're thinking we'll plant the green beans tomorrow since it's looking like possible t-storms for the rest of the week.  Also ... a bonus this year were 2 groups of sunflowers sprouting on their own where they had been planted last year.  The mammoth sunflowers are coming up on one end of the garden and the multi-colored branching sunflowers are on the other end.  Sometimes the healthiest sunflowers come from the self-seeded plants!  We shall see ...