Muching, tilling, picking, and grinning

We continue to have a highly productive Spring garden. Our taters are starting to poke they noses into the air. The asparagus have tall spears (promise of a huge harvest next year). The garlic are gigantic (hope the bulbs are too). We have lettuce and chard big enough to eat. And the sweet peas, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, carrots, beets, radishes, and kale are thriving, as well as the new seven mater plants and one eggplant we set out yesterday. Friday Jeff and Jimmy and moi and a young man from the neighborhood tilled the middles in plot 2 and we pulled the new humus onto the raised beds. Yesterday Carol Pope, moi, and Ms McGee's Roots and Shoots club from Crosswind Elementary School thinned the carrots and beets and radishes, planted the maters and eggplant, and mulched the middles of plot 2. We got a nice mess of smallish but beautiful Red Radishes when we thinned them. See pix: 2011 year-to-date pix: Dr John Bradley donated several gallons of fish emulsion and all the Carbon Boost we need. The fish emulsion is processed so as to have minimum odor. Susan Stanford and Aidan raised $304 for us at his birthday party. What a creative idea! A man donated several bags of nitrogen fertilizer which we can certainly put to good use. Eagle Scout candidates continue to contribute mightily to our infrastructure. Next project is installing wood sided raised beds in plots 1 and 4 by the first of May. Halls Feed Store donated all the liquid fertilizer we will need this year, and they and Bonnie Farms are donating the plants we will set out April 25. We are so blessed! Next work day is Monday April 25 5-7pm as I will be out of town on business all next week. We will plant, Lord willing, purple hull peas, cucumbers, squash, more maters, and more eggplants. Things that need done and can be done by any good souls any time: 1. Mulch plots 2 and 6 with leaves from the leaf pile (or from the walking paths) until they are as high as the raised beds. 2. Till or rake or whatever plots 1 and 4 in preparation for building the raised beds therein. This is the highest priority. For reference the plots on the left/south side are numbered 1-3 starting at the back/west end and the right/north side are numbered 4-6 starting also at the back/west end. Ain't God good! cw