I'm thinking about it. Would be a cool late fall/winter project.

Also have some H99 Corojo & Habano 2000 growing.

The Nica Rustica has grown bigger, but I have more of the other two.

Plowed the big garden today.

It was tough going in the morning, but when the sun came out and the wind picked up, it dried out the garden and made it much easier to plow.

Then we put down 400 lbs of lime and 72 lbs of Triple 19 fertilizer. (By hand)

Took us about 8 1/2 hrs minus a short break for a sammich.

I need to be hooked up to an IV drip...

We Put in thirty, 30 ft long, rows of corn.

Bout 50 seeds per row, 1,500 seeds total.

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Ordered a Furrower blade that is compatible with my Cub Cadet R65 tiller.

Gonna try using it to put in the potatoes. So I got bolts and a furrower coming for the tiller.

Meanwhile, we're gonna try to get our beans in this week while were waiting on the tiller stuff.

Few things:

1) We're way ahead in our planting this yr. We usually don't put the first plant in until May 15. But this years temps and overall nice weather have allowed us to start early.

2) We have a lot of extra plants this yr as well. We started more than usual bc we bought a second greenhouse thingy. I dont think they've ever been healthier, either, thanks to Ray mentioning that I should use fans on them to build up their strength. Plus we fed em a few times with 1-1-1 fertilizer.

3) We're still gonna have a lot of extra space in the big garden even after we plant another 1,000 corn seeds, for a total of 2,500

So, with being way ahead, having extra plants and a lot of extra space, I think we're going to plant more tomatoes and peppers along one of the sides of the big garden. Why waste the plants if you have the space? That's my thinking anyway.

Put in three 60 ft rows of bush beans...

Blue Lake 240 seeds
Roma 240 seeds
Half runner 240 seeds

The half runner pole beans we planted a few days ago are starting to come up; same with the sugar snap peas.

Next thing we got to do is plant the tobacco. Idk when, depends on the weather.

Planted some tobacco for the first time ever...

Nica Rustica x 6

Habano 2000 x 10

Corojo 99 x 11

Still have quite a few in the greenhouse thingie. We'll see how many mature in there, & potentially do a second set here in a few weeks.

Saw the first little sprouts of corn and bush beans. They're barely out of the ground. Most haven't germinated yet.

We planted 1,500 "Peaches & Cream" sweet corn variety on 5/10. Want to try something different for my second set, around 6/10. Gonna go with 500 "Golden Queen" and 500 "Early Sunglow". Sunglow is the variety I unsuccessfully tried to grow last fall.

In other garden news:

*Put the new bolt on the tiller wheel axle. Tightened the bolt on the other wheel as well.

*Received our furrower blade for the tiller. Assembled it, but haven't installed yet.

*Also bought an Earthway brand garden seeder. Gonna try that on the next round of corn. I'm skeptical but we'll see...

Earthway seeder is a decent tool. I don’t use one but I have in the past. Work ok for sweet corn but I like to use some talc or graphite on the seed. Prevents jamming and helps it flow a little better. Soil needs to be worked up really fine

Peaches and cream is pretty good corn

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