Rain

Had a lot of rain this week, and the tomato plants have loved it! They look great. Hot today, 84 at 4:15. Put last of NH3NO3 on bales today.

Time to start the garden

Yesterday 4/16, cleaned out remainder of last year's turnips and mustard, raked out leaves and turned soil a bit. Bought 4 bags of topsoil and 3 bags of composted cow manure. Wet down the hay bale and added the first half cup of NH3NO3. Also added some soil behind the pond and planted a Goliath bush tomato plant. Planted a couple of watermelon seeds just for funsies. In front patio, planted three basil and one dill plant.

Beginning to see germination

Several of the tomato seeds have germinated- one week after planting, right on schedule.

It's Valentine's day...

Not too early to start thinking about the garden. Going to concentrate on heritage tomatoes in the main garden area- I planted seeds yesterday inside in peat pots and soil from "Cherokee Purple" and "Arkansas Traveler", both obtained as free samples at the Yard and Garden Show. Also, parenthetically, planted some persimmon seed from fruit Vince gave us a few months ago-- seeds have been outside exposed to freezing temps. Let's see how they do