Cool, windy, but not too cold for gardening this afternoon, 53° but feels like 48°.
Experiment! I decided to plant tomato seeds directly in my garden. I bought Pink Ozark from Baker Creek forgetting I don't have any place to start seeds inside.
I placed a plastic pot with the bottom removed into the soil, then planted 3-4 tomato seeds within. You can see them in this photo:
I planted two "pots" on the south side of raised bed #3. Then I loosened the soil and scattered lettuce seeds in the middle of the bed, where the tomato plants will give them shade in the summer:
I will probably plant plum tomatoes on the north side of the bed, but I will buy plants.
This is where I had trees trying to grow. Two years ago I laid down a section of old carpet, and it did a great job of smothering the stumps. Last year Yellow Jackets built a nest underneath.
We removed the carpet during the winter.
Today I saw some burrow-type holes in the bed, so I decided to use my gardening fork to destroy the tunnels. The soil was easy to dig, turn, whereas it was like brick a couple years ago. I'll give the credit to the Yellow Jackets for that. Now I need to add some compost and plant... but what should I plant there?
Nantes Half Long are on the left.
