It’s almost time for sweet field corn!
Depending if it turns really hot or not, the corn will be ready to pull in 1-3 weeks. I will have TRUCK LOADS available for a couple weeks. Get ready!! If you’ve never tried field corn picked in the sweet stage, you’re missing out!
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Choose from 4 different types of sprouts or try them all:
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Crimson sweet watermelon plants going in the ground and a lovely bed of Contender Bush beans growing well.
I’m at the market y’all!
Very limited quantities of:
Some chocolate chip cookies and sourdough bread, too! I’ll only be here until I sell out. Come see me!
Have you ever made paper plant pots/ I can teach you how in under 1 minute! These are a fantastic way to reuse old newspapers and the pots work perfectly for plants that don’t transplant well.
Here’s a few pics for you to see how I use them for my tomato seedlings
The paper pot stays together quite well even when it’s completely soaked through week after week. Wait until your seedling reaches two to three inches of height above the edges of your paper pot before transplanting.
Dig your hole six inches deeper then the height of the paper pot edges. Put three inches of homemade manure mix into the bottom of the hole. Place your potted transplant directly into the prepared hole without disturbing the tender plant roots which are safely protected inside.
Be sure to bury the entire paper pot. All edges should be under two inches of dirt. Press the soil around the plant firmly. Take care to gingerly replace unharmed earth worms back into the hole. Our earthworms are very important so try not to hurt them.
Your transplant should be recessed beneath the surrounding soil surface by about two inches when finished. Use the remaining soil left over from digging your hole to creat water rings around the transplant’s perimeter.
Put down a light layer of mulch immediately. Remember to never leave our precious life-giving soil bare!
Can you name these two different types of greens, guys?
Here you’ll see what a lovely bed of natural mulch looks like around your thankful garden plants. This is the second application I’ve put down. You make the mulch bedding deeper and wider, as the plants grow up taller and wider.
If you employ this wonderful NATURAL MULCHING principle to all your plants, you’ll only weed your plants heavily once. After that, it’s just a few straggler weeds here and there for the rest of the season. NO HERBICIDES NEEDED EVER!!!
I transplanted the first set of yellow squash and zucchini today. Forgot to snap a pic of those pfft!
The Lima beans are up and the green beans are taking off! Yeeha
So recently I’ve started a bunch of new seedlings.
I have:
no less then 100 okra plants going
Boston pickling cukes
Straight 8 cukes
Hot jalapeño
Cayenne
Paprika
Herbs:
Spicy basil
Rosemary
Cilantro
Dill
Thyme
Spearmint
Sage
Flowers:
Forget me nots
Nasturtiums
White and yellow Daisy’s
Columbine
Pink and white allisum
Coleus
Marigolds
Zinnias
Poppy’s
Bachelor buttons
And more to come…..
Roma tomatoes are making progress and green beans are popping up!
Meanwhile, I have yellow squash, zucchini, butternut, acorn, scallopini and pumpkin squashes all started as seedlings.
Cantaloupes, cucumbers and watermelons are coming up in seed trays.
I have new baby tomatoes and peppers germinating for a later crop.
Today I’m starting culinary herb seedlings. Chives, parsley, oregano and basil to start with!
Some baby greens, sweet peas, peppers, eggplant and tomatoes. Planted another crop of sweet corn today, too. Woohoo it’s a garden bonanza at Oasis Homestead!
Roma tomato plants going in the ground today. A healthy helping of horse poo will feed them well. Feeding my plants well with all natural elements, the way nature intended, is the best way to feed myself.
Beefsteak variety going in next!
Now can anyone guess how I grow tomatoes, every year in every state I’ve lived in (MI, FL, KY, AR, MS) without EVER watering them once planted out in the garden? Yes you heard me right. I HAVE NEVER EVER WATERED MY GARDEN TOMATOES IN 20+ years of growing them, yet they always produce. They never die from not getting enough water. So how can I do this?
I look forward to seeing your input
First harvest of super sweet, sun-ripened organic strawbeerries! mmmm!
Making homemade potting soil today.
I just love playing in animal poo! Lol! In the pot it goes so I can cook it up!
We have some lovely WEEDS coming in already. Aren’t they just a joy? Haha!
Pictured below you will see
Yippee!!!!
Check out my cabbages going to seed for me! Such little cuties!
Today I’ve planted garlic cloves, garlic scapes, turnip greens, beets, lettuce, kale, and mustard greens. Now on to the last bed with red onions. I have 2,500 linear feet or roughly 1/4 acre, of garden planted already. Soon I’ll be starting on potatoes — reds and whites!