Well, I decided to follow Beth's lead and talk about what I did in May. When I wasn't working, or at a track meet, I was gardening. The weather turned sunny and warm and suddenly it was time to do everything.
I started by planting seeds of "Sonata" Cosmos and 2 varieties of Zinnias. Then near the end of the month I started 3 varieties of winter squash "Buttercup" "Butternut" and "Delicata". With the unseasonably warm weather we have been experiencing everything has come up and is growing quickly.
Over the Memorial Day Weekend, I planted my vegetable bed in the back of the house.The back is a row of sunflowers. In front of that is a row of 8 heirloom tomatoes. In front of that are the 4 hills, where my 8 squash seedling will be transplanted soon. To the far back left is the bean tower. I have planted "Good Mother Stallard" pole beans. I am going to try to harvest them as a dry bean for use in soups and stews this winter. Below is a picture of the new Vegetable bed.
I have also been super busy getting my big garden ready. We have rototilled it 4 times and it is ready to go! I have started about 150 of my 200 dahlias in 1 gallon pots. Now I just need the time to make a map, lay out the stakes and get planting!
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