Last week was sunny with the temperature in the 90’s, and 2 days ago a strong cold front came in and this morning at 6:45 am, we got down to 32.0F for a bit.
No Frost Damage – April 15, 2020
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Category Archives: Gardening
Spring has Sprung – Part 2
The garden is thriving with all the rain that we have had lately! Everything is growing nicely, and Brian has added some okra and melon seeds in the last couple of days. We had a salad the other night with the lettuce and it was delicious. The bees have been actively coming and going from the hive. The birds continue to be super active as well. Caught some more pics of the hummingbirds and our birdhouse tenant which we think is a Tufted Titmouse.
Tomatoes 
Lettuce in front 
Onions 
Blackberries 
Blackberries 
Hugelkultur – Okra, Comfrey, Cowpeas, Melon, Squash – April 8, 2020
I started planting in the hugelkultur bed today, and it was a little strange. Add a little water and you create an avalanche. So I tried a few things that seemed to work ok.
I took out a handful of soil, replaced it with compost, and planted okra in the compost.
Melons and Okra Planted – April 7, 2020
I dug up the huge comfrey (bocking 14) that was in raised bed 3 and split it up into a bucket full of crowns. I planted one at the base of many of the fruit trees, and a bunch of them in the hugelkultur bed. I also planted a few melons (Ice Cream and Kajari), some lima beans, flowers, and 2 varieties of okra.
Baby Fruits – April 5, 2020
Some of my fruit trees are starting to show signs of fruit!
Peppers – March 29, 2020
I removed the season extenders from my tomato plants. I planted the tomatoes 2 weeks early and didn’t need the season extenders at all this year.
Since I had to get out for essential materials at Home Depot, I walked through their garden section and picked up 4 of their outrageously priced plants: 3 peppers and basil. Aiden and I got them transplanted, watered, and piled a thick layer of old leaves around everything.
March 16, 2020 – Greening Up Status
It’s was warm most of last week and has rained all this week. Lots of new green growth in the garden. Most of the fruit trees are flowering.
6 raised beds 
1: peas 
2: onion, radish, carrot, turnip 
3: tomato 
view inside the season extender at a tomato plant 
4: broccoli that has bolted 
5: lettuce, mustard, pea 
6: tomato 
redbud tree 
redbud tree 
blackberries 
buds on a blackberry bush 
Methley Plum tree 
plum tree flowers 
Burbank Peach tree 
peach tree flowers 
Morris Plum Tree 
Tisdale Apricot tree 
apricot flowers 
Dixieland Peach Tree 
peach flowers 
4-in-1 Asian Pear tree 
Santa Rosa Plum 
Sweet Treat Pluerry 
4-in-1 Apple Tree 
2-in-1 Apple Tree
Fig cuttings are leafing out
February 28, 2020 – Tomato Plants Transplanted
We are 2 weeks from the average last frost date, but the weather forecast looks like we will be safe so I planted 6 tomatoes. I didn’t have enough of the season starters (aka walls of water) to cover all of the plants, and one did break in the high winds that we had on Saturday.
raised bed 1 w/ peas https://gallistead.com/2020/01/23/onion-and-peas-planted-january-23-2020/ 
raised bed 2 with onion, radish, carrot, and turnips https://gallistead.com/2020/02/08/february-8-2020-planted-carrot-turnip-lettuce-and-more-peas/ 
raised bed 3 with 3 tomato plants in season starters https://amzn.to/2TrX7K8 
raised bed 6 with 3 tomato plants 
tomato plant broke off in the high winds 
raised bed 5 with lettuce, mustard, and peas https://gallistead.com/2020/02/08/february-8-2020-planted-carrot-turnip-lettuce-and-more-peas/ 
6 raised beds
Goji Berry Bushes Planted February 21, 2020
Big Lifeberry Goji Berry 
Sweet Lifeberry Goji Berry