Monday, June 14th - Squash are making a Move!

Before I get started on the real post for today...Below are the new pots I got for my birthday from Tammy, Joel, Hanalei, and Heliana! I'm not sure what's going in them but they are just my style!

Monday, June 14th

Boy, did I get myself into it at garden plot #10 today. I've managed to get approval to use some of the hillside space for the yellow squash that's been growing out of control in plot #10. In a matter of minutes though I decided to take the bull by the horns and do the work that I not in the mood to do!

I went and went to the shed, got the wheelbarrow and shovel and got to work. Note to self: One should not wear flip flops while trying to shovel. With all my might I pushed that wheelbarrow full of dirt up the hill (only losing my balance and falling to my knees once) to the hillside bed that needed to be filled in. I don't want to be greedy of space up there, so I just filled in about a third of that bed. I then headed down to plot #10 to prepare the transplant the 2 squash plants up to the hillside bed. I tried my best to do what Terawould have done... I carefully dug up the plants, soaked them in the water bucket for a few minutes and then took them up to their new home. I dug them their own little hole, filled it in with dirt and gave them plenty of water. It's going to be a hot, steamy week for them up there, but I'm hoping that they survive thetransplant!

I spent a little more time getting some water on the plot, even though we had plenty of rain this weekend. I then cut some spinach (so it doesn't go to seed), swiss chard, and cilantro to bring home. I'm hoping to cook the spinach and chard tomorrow for a snack when I get home from school.

Keep your fingers crossed for the squash! :-)

Left side of plot#10 - l to r: oregano, cucumbers, squash

Front 1/2 of Right side of plot #10 - l to r: tomatoes (rear), spinach and swiss chard

Back 1/2 of Right side of plot #10 - l to r: sunflowers, tomatillos, sunflowers

There's other stuff hiding in there -behind the tall tomatillos!

The cool flower is from the tomatillos

Plot #10 when I got there this afternoon.

The hillside bed, getting ready for some dirt!

The squash plants that I moved.

The squash plants looking good!