Peas, if you please

[moonhare]

I waited too long to send in my soil sample this year, so I decided to roll the dice and just go ahead and fertilize/lime loosely based on recommendations from an old analysis: 40#/1000 sq ft 5-10-10, but just 25#/1000 sq ft with the lime. I’ll watch the plants and adjust if necessary, or possible. Here’s hoping!

After adding the amendments on Saturday, I rototilled again. Today I marked out rows, raked the soil smooth, and planted two packages of Progress #9 peas.


Peas are the far row.

Last year I planted our Bonnie veggies too early, mid-May, and had to deal with frost. This year I’ll buy the plants around or after May 18th and wait until Memorial Day weekend to put them in. In the interim the soaker hoses need to get readied and placed. So much fun!
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While finishing up today I realized I had company of sorts.


Watcher in the woods.

Comments

[tielan]

Is that a deer? (I can't tell, the profile is unfamiliar to me.)

[moonhare]

Oh yes, that’s a deer peaking through. The pic is fuzzy at 7X as she was 50-75 feet away.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I use plastic jugs to protect tender plants from cold temperatures.

Re: Thoughts

[moonhare]

Last year I put 40 gallon trash bags over the plants to be able to cover the cages I had over them. It looked like a scene from a farm horror movie…

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Wow. I can remember my parents doing that with fruit tree saplings when they were still small enough.

[spiralicious]

Good luck!

And nice catch with the deer pic!

[moonhare]

Thanks!

I was pleased that she was comfortable nearby and didn’t spook when I stopped to admire her :o)

[spiralicious]

It's always a nice feeling :)