Monday, May 30th

Didn't spend too much time at the garden this weekend in regards to the plots that we have. I did spend about 4 hours staining a section of the new fence that was put up last month. 

More time will have to be devoted to the garden when the rest of the plants make their way from western New York. 

Two of the poppies opened up over the weekend. They have such a short "flowering" time that it is kind of sad. I went there this evening thinking that I'd have the pleasure of seeing two of them open, but that wasn't the case.

This is the second poppy flower that opened. It opened sometime yesterday afternoon or today. There is one more to open...

This is the remains of the first poppy flower. All of the petals have fallen to the ground.

 

I mentioned that I was happy that the heirloom tomatoes that I picked up last weekend at Seven Arrows seemed to be doing well. They have really thrived this week.

Tomatillos are doing well but so many of their leaves are being eaten by what I think are Colorado Potato Beetles. This is a problem.

1. This isn't Colorado, please go back there. Leave Lil' Rhody alone, you bugs!
2. These aren't potatoes! These are tomatillos! Go eat what your name suggests that you eat!

I'm going to go to Home Depot tomorrow on my way home from school to see if they have any organic method of trying to persuade these bugs to go elsewhere.

I should have mentioned before, but all of those pictures above are from #10. 

The picture to the left is from #12u. 

Hmm, this is interesting. 

It appears as though there is a robin egg in plot #12u. 

I didn't do anything with it figuring that I shouldn't. I came home and did a little research on finding a robin egg and discovered that I should just leave it there. More than likely it's been abandoned there for a reason. I'll keep an eye on and figure out what to do with it in a few days if it is still there. 

Other things in #12u: The peppers seem to be doing well. Perhaps there will be a flower on the hot cherry pepper plant by the end of the week. If not, then I suppose it will be the pepper forming.

I attempted to transplant some radishes that had started as a small investigation at school, but they are looking sad and pathetic. :-( 

This plot will look much better when the plants that Tera is bringing call #12u "home".