raised bed #1: dwarf gray pea, sugar daddy pea, sugar snap pea, imperator 56 carrot, Parisian carrot, red cord chanty carrot, long imperator 58 carrot.
raised bed #2: Oregon sugar pod 2 pea, gurneys sugar Anne pea, top-notch pea, green magic broccoli
raised bed #3: melting sugar snow pea, Cascadia sugar snap pea, sugar daddy pea, black seeded simpson lettuce, mandarin spinach, french dressing radish, cherry bell radish, purple top white globe turnip
raised bed #4: snowball cauliflower, long island brussels sprouts, Catskills brussels sprouts
raised bed #5: Waltham 29 broccoli, calabrese broccoli
9 four foot rows of peas planted. Bed one has dwarf gray sugar daddy and sugar snap. Bed 2 has Oregon sugar pod 2 gurnee’s sugar Anne and top notch sugar. Bed three has melting sugar snow pea cascadia sugar snap and snap sugar daddy.In between the peas in bed number one I planted imperator 56 carrot Parisian carrot red cord chanty carrot and long imperator 58 carrotIn bed number five I have broccoli. eight plants of Waltham 29 and eight plants of celebrese.I planted 12 plants of broccoli green magic variety in bed number two in between the peas.In bed number three in between the rows of peas I planted black seeded Simpson lettuce, Mandarin spinach, French dressing radish, cherry bell radish, purple top white globe turnips.In bed number four I’ve got eight plants of snowball cauliflower for Long Island brussels sprouts and four catskills Brussels sprouts.4 foot high fence around raised beds to keep chickens and other critters out
I’m trying once again to direct-seed cool weather plants in the heat of summer. The ‘feels like’ temperature was 105°F today because of the high humidity due to the 2.8″ of rain this morning. Nice to have the rain though! I was unsuccessful in direct-seeding plants like this last year.
Raised bed #1 w/ strawberries – planted about 16 cauliflower
Snowball Y Improved Cauliflower
Raised bed #2 planted 24 broccoli
Green Magic Broccoli
Raised bed #5 planted 14 brussel sprouts
Long Island Improved Brussel Sprouts
Raised bed #3 planted carrot
Imperator 58 Carrot
Earlier this weekend before it had rained, I was able to move a lot of top soil out of the “pond” area and place it on the eastern part of the Hügelkultur bed #1. Just before dark I added straw mulch and planted about 50 bean plants, then distributed a packet of buckwheat cover crop to a lot of the bed. The plants I’ve had growing in this bed haven’t done very well. I think it is a combination of not enough soil, the typical first-year poor performance of a hugelkultur bed, and not enough water. I added more soil to this part of the bed compared to the part I already have plants growing in– hope that helps. I’m eager to have plants growing in it to hold the steeply-sloped soil in place. I figure beans are a good choice.
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.
I planted from seed 8 broccoli, 4 brussels sprouts, and 16 spinach today.
bed with new seeds planted
Broccoli – Belstar Hybrid Organic
Spinach – Imperial Green Hybrid
Brussels Sprouts – Diablo Hybrid
okra
Comfrey
Tomatoes and Peppers
UPDATE 8/29/2018: none of these seeds sprouted. It was either too hot, or I let it get too dry. I re-seeded today, and will try to keep the bed covered from the sun for most of the day.
