Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

[jvls1942]

I think the goose will steer clear of the donkey and goat,.
this morning I went and snagged 25 gallons of potting soil from Barby's stash,.
I mixed 1o gallons of soil with 5 gallons of rabbit manure,
53F makes it a lot nicer for working out there,

 

[Callender Girl]

Gee, Jim, how much potting soil does Barby have in that stash?

Let's hope Lisa's goose and her young ones steer clear of the donkey and goat. One of my Easter Eggers regularly gets herself into the goat pen, always forgetting that they despise her. Audrey runs the fence line, waiting for me to distract the goats with snacks so she -- who figured out how to get INTO the pen -- can run out through the now-opened gate. My pets train me well.

My neighbor has had corn in for a couple of weeks, too. It's looking good -- except where I stomped on it during the Great Coyote Chase.

Yesterday's weather was PERFECT -- warm, sunny and none of the almost-constant wind -- for most of the day. I got my tomato transplants lone sweet pepper and a row of potatoes in the ground. Later than I would have liked on the potatoes, but I needed to wait for the monsoons to end.

Rain resumed about 6 o'clock last night. The riding mower let me do most of the overgrown yard first. But, it tends to overheat and simply quit. After a short time-out, I got it running again and moved out of the way before the rain.

I used to just plop tomato plants into the ground. But, I subscribe to an online gardening newsletter and, for the first time, used its method for the tomatoes. I dug deep holes with a post hole digger, added worm castings, coffee grounds and pulverized egg shells before I laid the plants slightly horizontally against staked supports I had put in the garden last week. If this doesn't give me a bumper crop, I don't know what else to do!

 

[jvls1942]

I think Barby and friends started out with a 2o cu yd load of potting soil, they had hundreds of bucketfuls , there are plenty left, they are stacked so the bottom bucket doesn't have many weeds in it,.
I mixed six bucketfuls for the tomato plants,
then I got one of the raised beds onto it's spot for the summer, the second raised bed didn't go so well, so today I am going to plan B,
the hardest part is getting on and off of the tractor a few times for each loading,.
Barby is going to give me six jalepo pepper plants. I hope to pickle some.
they are good to eat with sloppy joes,