We had a beautiful week of sunny weather and made good headway on the garden. We acquired a number of vegetable starts through purchases and generous donations. Throughout the week we managed to plant a variety of squash, cucumbers, broccoli, eggplant, peppers, and a couple tomato rows. The tomato rows are particularly time consuming due to the additional processes of mulching and staking. We still have a number of hot peppers, tomatoes, herbs, nasturtiums and flowers to get in the ground.
For the meantime our crops are protected by row cover until this coming Wednesday when, hopefully, our 8' deer fence is installed. We have been weary about deer and other animals getting into our plants, so we are very much looking forward to finally having our fence. The bottom two feet will be reinforced with 1x1" wire mesh to keep out small mammals as well.
In other news, we also ordered a larch shed from a local Amish family. We are hoping to get our shed this week as well to have a safe place for our tools. We are still in the process of ordering an irrigation pump. We are relying on Mother Nature and the bucket brigade system for now. With plants in the ground, a shed, fence, and (hopefully) irrigation on the way, it finally feels like we have a real garden!
Be sure to check out our pictures from this past week, and as always, feel free to stop by the garden if you are in town!
Stacey and Rob
Looks great! That plot will be filled with food in no time!
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