Beulah Land Gardens

This sunset was so beautiful I had to run out and snap a picture of it.  And as always, the picture doesn’t do it credit. Spring lettuce, arugula and a stray garlic are growing well in this cold frame. When the temps get too low I add the old sheet seen at the bottom edges.

I held up the big cold frame while John crawled in and planted the onion sets between the cole crop rows. No picture of that adventure.

Rudy-Tuddy, Too and his harem are enjoying the above average warm weather we had last week.

The lettuce bags are sprouting! I’m not sure how the soil cracking is going to work out but at least the sprouted seeds are not falling down in the crevices …. yet!

Since the lettuce bags seem to be working out, I planted the two potato grow bags as well. The grow bags are called Smart Pots. I made a bed of chicken made compost then some potting soil, adding small seed potatoes in the soft soil bed. I covered the seed potatoes with more potting soil, only filling the grow bags up about 1/2 of the way. As the potatoes grow I’ll add more soil, hilling up the potato plants.

Here’s the pictures of the Topsy Turvey tomato plant. After setting the tomato seedling in the bottom of the planter, John filled the planter 1/3 of the way full with an extra light potting soil.

Next a foam disc is added and soil added to the top of the planter.

Last, the planter is hung on the hook John set in a stud the night before.

Ta-da, a Topsy Turvey Tomato that pees all over the floor when I water it!

This weekend, or next at the latest, I need to put in the English peas, Swiss Chard, Spinache, more Kale (I have about 6 seedlings the guinea didn’t eat), more onions and another bed of lettuce.  I’m finally getting excited about gardening again!

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