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State of the Garden Message — Spring 2013

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Wouldn’t you know it?!  I waited around to set out my tomato plants and, lo and behold, I probably didn’t wait long enough.  Another freeze is forecast in the next 24 to 48 hours…in MAY!  It probably won’t be a hard freeze but we’ll see how they fare. 

After dealing with health and some other issues (mine and my wife’s) the garden (and this blog) has suffered neglect.  In the long haul that won’t hurt anything but it is a dismal sight to look at beds that I have nurtured and cared for covered with weeds and being taken over by the dreaded bermuda grass.  Not to worry…I will reclaim the beds with weeds and smother the bermuda with tarps for a year. 

Growing now are the tomatoes I mentioned (I bought four kinds of “heirloom” tomatoes in hopes that one or more of them will survive our hot, dry summer), thyme, oregano, basil, swiss chard and asparagus.  I plan to plant yellow squash, eggplant, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, okra and maybe another tomato that seems bred to set fruit in the heat.

I usually start tomatoes and eggplant indoors in late January but, due to the above mentioned difficulties, I am buying sets this year.

I intend to eventually restart my chicken flock but not until the domestic scene improves.  Since I turned vegan, I will sell, barter or give away the eggs.  Their wonderful manure I will use in the garden.  The chicken yard seems mighty desolate and lonely and I am eager to get started.


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