Aiden and I planted some Sweet Basil, Lemon Basil, Oregano, and Pollinator Herb mixture.
Herbs Planted 3/21/2019
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Tomatoes Planted 3/8/2019
I planted 2 tomato plants today, even though it is a little early according to local vegetable garden planting calendars. I’m hoping to get the grown nice and tall before the summer heat sets in this year. This is the first year to use the Walls o Water / Season Starter covers. They should protect the plants from any low temperatures we have from here on out (I hope!)
Two tomato plants inside Season Extenders
Happy tomato plant inside a wall-o-water
Three New Raised Beds Created 3/2019
With the help from a den of Cub Scouts, we set up 3 new raised beds. They are 4′ x 4′ and made out of treated 2×12 lumber. I filled them with planting mix from Texas Pure, which contains 50% compost, 25% sand and 25% top soil/loam.
Three new raised beds are in the foreground 
Visual divider to show bed in square foot sections 
New soil mix was added to existing bed 
New soil mix was added to existing bed 
New soil mix was added to existing bed
Everything Survived the 17 Degree Low Temperature
All of the vegetable plants made it through the recent low temperatures. This morning just before sunup, it got down to 17.6 degrees F. I didn’t cover anything up, and the plants look like they are all OK this morning. I was most worried about the sugar snap peas that just started popping up from the ground, but they look completely unharmed. Strawberries look completely unharmed. Onions look OK. Brussels and broccoli did get some damage, but they should survive.
Princeton Area History 1881 to 1985
Potato planted 2/13/19
I dug out my old tires and planted a few potato slips today.
Carrot Harvest
The rabbits left us a few carrots. Five to be precise. Adjusted for size, it amounted to one and a half. They were very tender and delicious though. I hope I have more room next fall for a lot more. And I need a fence!
carrots 
Aiden approves 
peeling carrots
Sugar Snap Peas Planted 2/3/2019
No pictures to share, but we planted about 8′ of sugar snap peas today.
Plum Trees, Blackberries, Strawberries Planted 1/31/2019
The order I placed in October from Pense Berry Farm arrived yesterday, so I planted it all today. The blackberries are a special
18) Santa Rosa Plum
22) AU Roadside Plum
near 1,2,3) Prime-Ark Freedom Blackberries (quantity 6)
Onion Slips Planted 1/7/2019
Both boys helped me transplant a bundle of white onion slips today.
